Skip to main content

bourratif

French, adjective/bu.ʁa.tif/

bourratif is spelled B-O-U-R-R-A-T-I-F (9 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written French, the 164,661st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bourratif is a French adjective meaning “filling, stodgy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui bourre, très nourrissant, riche en calories, voire indigeste”.

What does bourratif mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    informalfilling, stodgy

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui bourre, très nourrissant, riche en calories, voire indigeste.

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 bourratif

  • bourrative feminine
  • bourratifs masculine plural
  • bourratives feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce bourratif?

  • /bu.ʁa.tif/
  • \bu.ʁa.tif\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is bourratif in French?

bourratif appears about once in every 26 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

What to look up after bourratif