boursoufler
French, verb/buʁ.su.fle/
boursoufler is spelled B-O-U-R-S-O-U-F-L-E-R (11 letters). Boursoufler is a French verb meaning “to swell, inflate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rendre enflé”.
What does boursoufler mean in English?
verb
- 1
to swell, inflate
- 2
to become swollen or bloated; to blister
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Rendre enflé. 2. Devenir enflé.
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 boursoufler
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- boursouflant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- boursouflé participle past
- boursoufle first-person indicative present
- boursoufles indicative present second-person
- boursouflons first-person indicative plural
- boursouflez indicative plural present
- boursouflent indicative plural present
- boursouflais first-person imperfect indicative
- boursouflait imperfect indicative singular
- boursouflions first-person imperfect indicative
- boursoufliez imperfect indicative plural
- boursouflaient imperfect indicative plural
- boursouflai first-person historic indicative
- boursouflas historic indicative past
- boursoufla historic indicative past
- boursouflâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce boursoufler?
- /buʁ.su.fle/
- \buʁ.su.fle\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to boursoufler
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.