boue
French, noun/bu/
boue is spelled B-O-U-E (4 letters) and appears 7.9 times per million words in written French, the 7,951st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Boue is a French feminine noun meaning “mud; dirt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fange des rues et des chemins, formée d'un mélange plus ou moins consistant de terre, sable, matière…”.
What does boue mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemud; dirt
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fange des rues et des chemins, formée d'un mélange plus ou moins consistant de terre, sable, matière organique et d'eau. 2. Mélange, fluide ou visqueux, d'eau et de minéraux. 3. Dépôt d’encre épaisse qui se forme au fond de l’encrier. 4. Sorte de limon qui se trouve près de certaines eaux minérales et qui, imprégné des mêmes sels, participe aux mêmes propriétés.
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 boue
- boues plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce boue?
- /bu/
- \bu\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to boue
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is boue in French?
boue appears 7.9 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).