brûlée
French, verb
brûlée is spelled B-R-Û-L-É-E (6 letters) and appears 4.1 times per million words in written French, the 12,924th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brûlée is a French feminine verb meaning “feminine singular of brûlé” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, brulée is a different word: “feminine singular of brulé”.
What does brûlée mean in English?
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of brûlé
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of brulé
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Coups donnés à quelqu’un.
noun: 1. Personne qui a subi des brûlures qui lui ont laissé des séquelles permanentes.
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 brûlée
- brûlées plural
- brûlé masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is brûlée in French?
brûlée appears 4.1 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).