bourdaine
French, noun/buʁ.dɛn/
bourdaine is spelled B-O-U-R-D-A-I-N-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written French, the 159,320th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bourdaine is a French feminine noun meaning “alder buckthorn (Frangula alnus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Espèce de nerprun d'Europe, de la taille d'un arbrisseau, appartenant à la famille des rhamnacées, à écorce…”.
What does bourdaine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealder buckthorn (Frangula alnus)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Espèce de nerprun d'Europe, de la taille d'un arbrisseau, appartenant à la famille des rhamnacées, à écorce purgative et tinctoriale, dont le bois, blanc et tendre, fournit le charbon le plus propre à la fabrication de la poudre à canon (Frangula alnus). 2. Préparation à base de pomme farcie de confiture ou de sucre.
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 bourdaine
- bourdaines plural
- bourdaigne
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bourdaine?
- /buʁ.dɛn/
- \buʁ.dɛn\
- [buʁ.dɛn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bourdaine in French?
bourdaine appears about once in every 25 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).