bourgmestre
French, noun/buʁ.mɛstʁ/
bourgmestre is a French feminine noun meaning “mayor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Titre du premier magistrat des villes de Belgique, du Luxembourg, des Pays-Bas, d’Allemagne, etc”.
What does bourgmestre mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Titre du premier magistrat des villes de Belgique, du Luxembourg, des Pays-Bas, d’Allemagne, etc. 2. Chef de l’administration d’une commune.
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 bourgmestre
- bourgmestres plural
- bourguemaître alternative archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bourgmestre?
- /buʁ.mɛstʁ/
- /buʁɡ.mɛstʁ/
- \buʁɡ.mɛstʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bourgmestre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bourgmestre in French?
bourgmestre appears 3.2 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).