bourrage
French, noun/bu.ʁaʒ/
bourrage is spelled B-O-U-R-R-A-G-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 42,802nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bourrage is a French masculine noun meaning “stuffing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de bourrer”.
What does bourrage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestuffing
Les observateurs dénoncent un "bourrage des urnes" lors du scrutin présidentiel.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de bourrer. 2. Bourrage papier. 3. Action qui consiste, pour un commissaire-priseur, à faire croire à un acheteur qu'il y a dans la salle une enchère supérieure à la sienne. On dit aussi bourrer dans le vide. 4. Enivrement, fait de se saouler, ne se retrouve quasiment que dans l’expression bourrage de gueule.
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 bourrage
- bourrages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bourrage?
- /bu.ʁaʒ/
- \bu.ʁaʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bourrage
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bourrage in French?
bourrage appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).