bouillon
French, noun/bu.jɔ̃/
bouillon is spelled B-O-U-I-L-L-O-N (8 letters) and appears 5.6 times per million words in written French, the 10,294th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bouillon is a French masculine noun meaning “broth (water in which food (meat or vegetable etc) has been boiled)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bulle qui se forme à la surface d’un liquide lorsqu’il bout”.
What does bouillon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebroth (water in which food (meat or vegetable etc) has been boiled)
- 2
masculinebubble rising from a boiling liquid
- 3
masculinegulp of liquid which escapes forcefully
- 4
masculineflesh rising on a fold
- 5
masculinerisen fold of cloth
- 6
masculineunsold copies of a publication
- 7
masculinesimple restaurant, which originally served only bouillon
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bulle qui se forme à la surface d’un liquide lorsqu’il bout. 2. Eau dans laquelle on a fait bouillir de la viande, des légumes, ou des herbes médicinales, pour servir de nourriture ou de remède. 3. Liquide fertilisant obtenu par putréfaction de débris végétaux dans l’eau. 4. Ondes que forme un liquide, lorsqu’il est agité, lorsqu’il tombe ou jaillit.
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 bouillon
- bouillons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bouillon?
- /bu.jɔ̃/
- \bu.jɔ̃\
- [bu.jɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bouillon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bouillon in French?
bouillon appears 5.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).