bougeoir
French, noun/bu.ʒwaʁ/
bougeoir is spelled B-O-U-G-E-O-I-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 92,562nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bougeoir is a French masculine noun meaning “candlestick, sconce” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chandelier bas, sans fût, se présentant comme une bobèche fixée sur un pied en forme de coupe et comportant…”.
What does bougeoir mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecandlestick, sconce
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chandelier bas, sans fût, se présentant comme une bobèche fixée sur un pied en forme de coupe et comportant une prise pour son transport.
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 bougeoir
- bougeoirs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bougeoir?
- /bu.ʒwaʁ/
- \bu.ʒwaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bougeoir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bougeoir in French?
bougeoir appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).