brûlé
French, adjective
brûlé is spelled B-R-Û-L-É (5 letters) and appears 9.1 times per million words in written French, the 7,166th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brûlé is a French adjective meaning “burnt, burned” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of brûler. With an accent, brûle is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. With an accent, brulé is a different word: “past participle of bruler”. Without its accent, brule is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a été soumis à l’action du feu, a subi une brûlure”.
What does brûlé mean in English?
adjective
- 1
burnt, burned
verb
- 1
past participle of brûler
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of bruler
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a été soumis à l’action du feu, a subi une brûlure. 2. Qui est partiellement ou totalement consumé par le feu. 3. Qui a le goût ou l'odeur du brûlé ; trop cuit. 4. Qui est démasqué.
noun: 1. Odeur, goût de ce qui est brûlé. 2. Personne qui a subi des brûlures qui lui ont laissé des séquelles permanentes.
noun: 1. Variante de brûlé.
adjective: 1. Variante orthographique de brûlé.
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 brûlé
- brûlée feminine
- brûlés masculine plural
- brûlées feminine plural
- bruslé alternative obsolete
- brulée feminine
- brulés masculine plural
- brulées feminine plural
- brulé
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to brûlé
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is brûlé in French?
brûlé appears 9.1 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).