bousin
French, noun/bu.zɛ̃/
bousin is spelled B-O-U-S-I-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written French, the 144,513th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bousin is a French masculine noun meaning “the 'soft crust' a stone has when it is taken out of a quarry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Surface tendre des pierres qui sortent de carrière”.
What does bousin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe 'soft crust' a stone has when it is taken out of a quarry
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Surface tendre des pierres qui sortent de carrière. 2. Tourbe de qualité inférieure. 3. Glace spongieuse et mêlée d’herbes, de sable ou de terre. 4. Situation inconfortable ou délicate.
noun: 1. Lieu de débauche et de prostitution, cabaret borgne, endroit mal famé. 2. Bruit, tapage, vacarme. → voir boucan 3. Machin.
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 bousin
- bousins plural
- bouzin
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bousin?
- /bu.zɛ̃/
- \bu.zɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bousin in French?
bousin appears about once in every 20 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).