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bouffe

French, noun

bouffe is spelled B-O-U-F-F-E (6 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written French, the 4,050th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bouffe is a French masculine noun meaning “singer of comic operas (bouffes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of bouffer. With an accent, bouffé is a different word: “past participle of bouffer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Race de chiens à poil long, fin et frisé, issu de croisement de barbet et de grand épagneul. ^([2])”.

What does bouffe mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinesinger of comic operas (bouffes)

  2. 2

    masculinecomic opera

adjective

  1. 1

    comic, amusing

noun

  1. 1

    feminineinformalgrub (food)

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as bouffé
  1. 1

    past participle of bouffer

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Plaisant, comique.

noun: 1. Race de chiens à poil long, fin et frisé, issu de croisement de barbet et de grand épagneul. ^([2]) 2. Acteur comique de comédies italiennes. ^([2]) 3. Opéra bouffe. ^([2])

noun: 1. Nourriture. 2. Repas.

noun: 1. Plaisanterie, blague.

noun: 1. Gifle.

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 bouffe

  • bouffes plural
  • bouffée feminine
  • bouffés masculine plural
  • bouffées feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to bouffe

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is bouffe in French?

bouffe appears 19 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).

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