bouchon
French, noun/bu.ʃɔ̃/
bouchon is spelled B-O-U-C-H-O-N (7 letters) and appears 6.2 times per million words in written French, the 9,615th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bouchon is a French masculine noun meaning “cork, bung, stopper, plug” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Objet qui sert à boucher, en particulier des bouteilles”.
What does bouchon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecork, bung, stopper, plug
- 2
masculinefloat (in angling)
- 3
masculinetraffic jam
- 4
masculinedongle
- 5
masculinerestaurant
- 6
colloquialmasculinekid, mite, munchkin
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Objet qui sert à boucher, en particulier des bouteilles. 2. Quantité correspondant au contenu d’un bouchon. 3. Flotteur d’une ligne de pêche. 4. Ce qui obstrue une voie de circulation.
noun: 1. Autre nom du cochonnet.
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 bouchon
- bouchons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bouchon?
- /bu.ʃɔ̃/
- France /bu.ˈʃɔ̃ŋ/
- France /bu.ˈʃɔ̃ᵑ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bouchon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bouchon in French?
bouchon appears 6.2 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).