bougainvillée
French, noun/bu.ɡɛ̃.vi.le/
bougainvillée is spelled B-O-U-G-A-I-N-V-I-L-L-É-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 68 million words in written French, the 258,710th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bougainvillée is a French feminine noun meaning “bougainvillea (Bougainvillea)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Genre d’arbustes épineux grimpants du genre Bougainvillea, de la famille des nyctaginacées comprenant une…”.
What does bougainvillée mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebougainvillea (Bougainvillea)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Genre d’arbustes épineux grimpants du genre Bougainvillea, de la famille des nyctaginacées comprenant une environ 19 espèces originaires des forêts tropicales humides d’Amérique du Sud, utilisés en Europe comme plantes ornementales pour les vives couleurs de leurs bractées. (Bougainvillea spp.)
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 bougainvillée
- bougainvillées plural
- bougainvillier alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bougainvillée?
- /bu.ɡɛ̃.vi.le/
- \bu.ɡɛ̃.vi.le\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bougainvillée
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bougainvillée in French?
bougainvillée appears about once in every 68 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).