bourrer le crâne
French, verb/bu.ʁe lə kʁan/
bourrer le crâne is spelled B-O-U-R-R-E-R-L-E-C-R-Â-N-E (14 letters). Bourrer le crâne is a French verb meaning “to fill someone's head with nonsense; to brainwash, indoctrinate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Convaincre par la propagande mensongère”.
What does bourrer le crâne mean in English?
verb
- 1
informalto fill someone's head with nonsense; to brainwash, indoctrinate
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Convaincre par la propagande mensongère.
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.
How do you pronounce bourrer le crâne?
- /bu.ʁe lə kʁan/
- /bu.ʁe lə kʁɑn/
- \bu.ʁe lə kʁɑn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bourrer le crâne
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.