boucan
French, noun/bu.kɑ̃/
boucan is spelled B-O-U-C-A-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 33,160th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Boucan is a French masculine noun meaning “racket, hubbub (loud and unpleasant noise)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lieu où les Amérindiens fument leurs viandes et poissons ou gril de bois sur lequel ils les fument et les…”.
What does boucan mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalmasculineracket, hubbub (loud and unpleasant noise)
Ce n'est pas bientôt fini ce boucan, on ne s'entend plus !
noun
- 1
a boucan (“grill”)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lieu où les Amérindiens fument leurs viandes et poissons ou gril de bois sur lequel ils les fument et les font sécher. 2. Viande séchée à la fumée, viande boucanée. 3. Lieu où les boucaniers fumaient la viande. ^([2]) 4. Gril pour boucaner. ^([2])
noun: 1. Bruit, tapage, vacarme. 2. Lieu de débauche, bordel de bas étage. ^([2])
noun: 1. Poison, maléfice.
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 boucan
- boucans plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce boucan?
- /bu.kɑ̃/
- \bu.kɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to boucan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is boucan in French?
boucan appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).