boulocher
French, verb/bu.lɔ.ʃe/
boulocher is spelled B-O-U-L-O-C-H-E-R (9 letters). Boulocher is a French verb meaning “to pill (of fabric, to make fluffy little balls by friction)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pour un tissu ou un tricot, faire des bouloches, petites boules pelucheuses dues à des frottements”.
What does boulocher mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pill (of fabric, to make fluffy little balls by friction)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Pour un tissu ou un tricot, faire des bouloches, petites boules pelucheuses dues à des frottements.
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 boulocher
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- boulochant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- bouloché participle past
- bouloche first-person indicative present
- bouloches indicative present second-person
- boulochons first-person indicative plural
- boulochez indicative plural present
- boulochent indicative plural present
- boulochais first-person imperfect indicative
- boulochait imperfect indicative singular
- boulochions first-person imperfect indicative
- boulochiez imperfect indicative plural
- boulochaient imperfect indicative plural
- boulochai first-person historic indicative
- boulochas historic indicative past
- boulocha historic indicative past
- boulochâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce boulocher?
- /bu.lɔ.ʃe/
- \bu.lɔ.ʃe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to boulocher
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.