bougre
French, noun/buɡʁ/
bougre is spelled B-O-U-G-R-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 32,322nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bougre is a French masculine noun meaning “guy, dude, man, fellow, chap” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sodomite”.
What does bougre mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculineguy, dude, man, fellow, chap
- 2
masculinewretch (miserable, luckless person)
- 3
derogatorymasculineimbecile; idiot
- 4
datedmasculinesodomite, bugger (homosexual)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sodomite. 2. Personne méprisable. 3. Individu coquin ou gaillard. 4. Personne misérable ou malchanceuse.
interjection: 1. Servant à marquer la colère. 2. Interjection exprimant une évidence.
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 bougre
- bougres plural
- bougresse feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bougre?
- /buɡʁ/
- [buɡ(r)]
- [bʊɡ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bougre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bougre in French?
bougre appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).