bouc
French, noun/buk/
bouc is spelled B-O-U-C (4 letters) and appears 4.0 times per million words in written French, the 13,132nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bouc is a French masculine noun meaning “billy goat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Animal à cornes, qui est le mâle de la chèvre. Avec leurs petits (les chevreaux ou cabris) ils forment les…”.
What does bouc mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebilly goat
- 2
masculinegoatee
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Animal à cornes, qui est le mâle de la chèvre. Avec leurs petits (les chevreaux ou cabris) ils forment les capridés. 2. Son cuir, sa peau. 3. Outre faite de la peau d’un bouc et contenant de l’huile ou du vin. 4. Poulie garnie d’une corne de fer pour faire monter une chaîne.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bouc
- boucs plural
- chèvre feminine
- bique
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bouc?
- /buk/
- \buk\
- [buk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bouc
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bouc in French?
bouc appears 4.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).