bouquineuse
\bu.ki.nøz\
The verdict
“bouquineuse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celle qui est à la recherche de livres anciens.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bouquineuse · bouquineuse · French
bouquineuse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bouquineuse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bu.ki.nøz\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bouquineuse » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bouquineuse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bu.ki.nøz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bouquineuse, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is bouquineuse, spelled B-O-U-Q-U-I-N-E-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1Celle qui est à la recherche de livres anciens.
- 2Celle qui bouquine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bouquineuse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
BOUQUINEUSE (boukineur, neuze), celui ou celle qui cherche de vieux livres.
Elle n’a pas mis le nez dehors, c’est une grande bouquineuse.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.