bouffi
French, noun/bu.fi/
bouffi is spelled B-O-U-F-F-I (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 67,389th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bouffi is a French masculine noun meaning “fatty, porker” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of bouffir. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Abréviation de hareng bouffi”.
What does bouffi mean in English?
adjective
- 1
puffy
- 2
swollen (with pride etc.)
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinefatty, porker
verb
- 1
past participle of bouffir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Enflé de façon malsaine, maladive. 2. Désigne le hareng présenté entier, légèrement fumé et salé.
noun: 1. Abréviation de hareng bouffi.
noun: 1. Personnage enflé ; enflure.
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 bouffi
- bouffie feminine
- bouffis masculine plural
- bouffies feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bouffi?
- /bu.fi/
- \bu.fi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bouffi
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bouffi in French?
bouffi appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).