bouvier
French, noun/bu.vje/
bouvier is spelled B-O-U-V-I-E-R (7 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written French, the 25,237th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bouvier is a French masculine noun meaning “drover (person who drives cattle over long distances)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui s’occupe, garde ou conduit des bœufs”.
What does bouvier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedrover (person who drives cattle over long distances)
- 2
masculineherdsman, cattleman (man who raises or tends cattle)
- 3
masculinecattle dog (type of dog used for droving cattle)
- 4
masculineplowman (man who plows land with a plough)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne qui s’occupe, garde ou conduit des bœufs. 2. Personnage grossier ou rustre. 3. Gardien de toute autre chose.
noun: 1. Oiseau suivant les bœufs et se nourrissant de leurs parasites. 2. Race de chiens spécialisée dans la garde et la conduite des troupeaux de bovins.
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 bouvier
- bouviers plural
- bouvière feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bouvier?
- /bu.vje/
- \bu.vje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bouvier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bouvier in French?
bouvier appears 1.4 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).