boursouflure
French, noun/buʁ.su.flyʁ/
boursouflure is spelled B-O-U-R-S-O-U-F-L-U-R-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written French, the 130,697th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Boursouflure is a French feminine noun meaning “swelling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte d’enflure, de soulèvement”.
What does boursouflure mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineswelling
- 2
feminineblister
- 3
femininepomposity
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte d’enflure, de soulèvement. 2. Discours ou écrit qui, malgré une apparence pompeuse, ne présentent que du vide. 3. Déformation.
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 boursouflure
- boursouflures plural
- boursoufflure
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce boursouflure?
- /buʁ.su.flyʁ/
- \buʁ.su.flyʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to boursouflure
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is boursouflure in French?
boursouflure appears about once in every 16 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).