bouvière
French, noun/bu.vjɛʁ/
bouvière is spelled B-O-U-V-I-È-R-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 85 million words in written French, the 288,492nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bouvière is a French feminine noun meaning “bitterling (species of fish within the genus Rhodeus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a female equivalent of bouvier (“cowherd”). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Femme qui soigne et conduit des bœufs”.
What does bouvière mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of bouvier (“cowherd”)
- 2
femininebitterling (species of fish within the genus Rhodeus)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Femme qui soigne et conduit des bœufs.
noun: 1. Espèce de petit poisson osseux d'eau douce d’Europe, de la famille des carpes, au corps comprimé et haut.
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 bouvière
- bouvières plural
- bouvier masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bouvière?
- /bu.vjɛʁ/
- \bu.vjɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bouvière
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bouvière in French?
bouvière appears about once in every 85 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).