bougna
French, noun/bu.ɲa/
bougna is spelled B-O-U-G-N-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 63 million words in written French, the 250,316th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bougna is a French masculine noun meaning “bunya” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Plat traditionnel kanak de Nouvelle-Calédonie : sorte de ragoût de poulet, de collier blanc, de poisson ou de…”.
What does bougna mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebunya
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Plat traditionnel kanak de Nouvelle-Calédonie : sorte de ragoût de poulet, de collier blanc, de poisson ou de roussette accompagné de taros, de patates douces, de bananes poingo, de tomates et d’ignames, cuit au four traditionnel ou à la marmite. 2. Repas dont le plat principal est ce plat.
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 bougna
- bougnas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bougna?
- /bu.ɲa/
- \bu.ɲa\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bougna
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bougna in French?
bougna appears about once in every 63 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).