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bucolique

French, adjective/by.kɔ.lik/

bucolique is spelled B-U-C-O-L-I-Q-U-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 42,802nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bucolique is a French adjective meaning “bucolic, rustic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à la poésie pastorale”.

What does bucolique mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    bucolic, rustic

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Relatif à la poésie pastorale. 2. Qui se rapporte à la vie simple et paisible en campagne. 3. Relatif à une ancienne branche du Nil.

noun: 1. Un poème bucolique.

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 bucolique

  • bucoliques plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce bucolique?

  • /by.kɔ.lik/
  • \by.kɔ.lik\
  • [by.kɔ.lik]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to bucolique

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is bucolique in French?

bucolique appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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