bouchée
French, noun\bu.ʃe\
bouchée is spelled B-O-U-C-H-É-E (7 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written French, the 16,327th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bouchée is a French feminine noun meaning “mouthful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of bouché. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Morceau d’aliment solide qu’on met dans la bouche”.
What does bouchée mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemouthful
- 2
femininebouchée
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of bouché
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Morceau d’aliment solide qu’on met dans la bouche. 2. Vol-au-vent garni de petits morceaux de viande ou de poisson. 3. Petit four sucré. 4. Confiserie au chocolat.
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 bouchée
- bouchées plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bouchée?
- \bu.ʃe\
- [buʃe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bouchée
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bouchée in French?
bouchée appears 2.9 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).