bourbonien
\buʁ.bɔ.njɛ̃\
The verdict
“bourbonien” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Relatif à la famille des Bourbons.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bourbonien · bourbonien · French
bourbonien · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | bourbonien |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \buʁ.bɔ.njɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bourbonien” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bourbonien is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \buʁ.bɔ.njɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
bourbonien doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is bourbonien, spelled B-O-U-R-B-O-N-I-E-N.
Definition
- 1Relatif à la famille des Bourbons.
- 2(En référence au nez des Bourbons) Long et arqué, en parlant d’un nez.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bourbonien appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le roi respirait ; et tout en songeant parfois à ce que son orgueil bourbonien avait eu à souffrir dans ce voyage de Paris, il s’en consolait à l’idée de sa popularité reconquise.
Habitués qu’ont longtemps été en France les esprits à remarquer sur le chemin des âges l’Église et la monarchie bourbonienne faisant route ensemble, ils se sont pour ainsi dire figuré leur union indissoluble.
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