bulldog
French, noun/bul.dɔɡ/
bulldog is spelled B-U-L-L-D-O-G (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 54,486th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bulldog is a French masculine noun meaning “alternative spelling of bouledogue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante de bouledogue anglais, la race de chien. ^([1])”.
What does bulldog mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative spelling of bouledogue
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante de bouledogue anglais, la race de chien. ^([1]) 2. Sorte de petit revolver.
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 bulldog
- bulldogs plural
- bull-dog
- bouledogue
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bulldog?
- /bul.dɔɡ/
- \bul.dɔɡ\
- \byl.dɔɡ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bulldog in French?
bulldog appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).