bourlingueur
\buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡœʁ\
The verdict
“bourlingueur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Terme historiquement marin) Marin qui prend la mer par gros temps et dont le navire chahuté est soumis à des manœuvres complexes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bourlingueur · bourlingueur · French
bourlingueur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | bourlingueur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡœʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bourlingueur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bourlingueur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for bourlingueur, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is bourlingueur, spelled B-O-U-R-L-I-N-G-U-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1(Terme historiquement marin) Marin qui prend la mer par gros temps et dont le navire chahuté est soumis à des manœuvres complexes.
- 2Aventurier ou quelqu’un qui voyage beaucoup.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bourlingueur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je l’interrogeai en pidgin, la langue internationale des bourlingueurs de l’immense Pacifique et du non moins vaste Océan Indien : […].
Un bourlingueur sait emporter tout ce qui lui est nécessaire dans un volume réduit.
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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.