bourg
French, noun/buʁ/
bourg is spelled B-O-U-R-G (5 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written French, the 6,701st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bourg is a French masculine noun meaning “burg, market town” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petite ville ou grand village ; lieu de rendez-vous lors des marchés hebdomadaires”.
What does bourg mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineburg, market town
suffix
- 1
masculineforms placenames
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petite ville ou grand village ; lieu de rendez-vous lors des marchés hebdomadaires. 2. Municipalité autonome (dans un contexte historique: municipalité autonome, sans aucun devoir envers un seigneur féodal) 3. Centre-ville ; lieu de vie du village.
suffix: 1. Suffixe formant le nom d’une ville ou d’un grand village qui, traditionnellement, est fortifié ou anciennement fortifié.
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 bourg
- bourgs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bourg?
- /buʁ/
- \buʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bourg
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bourg in French?
bourg appears 10 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).