bourrade
French, noun/bu.ʁad/
bourrade is spelled B-O-U-R-R-A-D-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written French, the 231,570th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bourrade is a French feminine noun meaning “thump, clobbering (aggressive hit)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Atteinte donnée par le chien au lièvre qu’il court et auquel il enlève du poil. → voir bourrer”.
What does bourrade mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininethump, clobbering (aggressive hit)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Atteinte donnée par le chien au lièvre qu’il court et auquel il enlève du poil. → voir bourrer 2. Poussée que l’on donne à quelqu’un avec la crosse d’un fusil ou avec les poings. 3. Saule marsault.
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 bourrade
- bourrades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bourrade?
- /bu.ʁad/
- \bu.ʁad\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bourrade
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bourrade in French?
bourrade appears about once in every 54 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).