bulle
French, noun
bulle is spelled B-U-L-L-E (5 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written French, the 5,537th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bulle is a French feminine noun meaning “bubble” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of buller. With an accent, bullé is a different word: “past participle of buller”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petite poche de gaz qui s’élève à la surface des liquides, notamment lors de l’ébullition ou de la…”.
What does bulle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebubble
- 2
femininespeech bubble, thought bubble
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of buller
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petite poche de gaz qui s’élève à la surface des liquides, notamment lors de l’ébullition ou de la fermentation. 2. Petite quantité d’air qui reste enfermée dans une matière jetée en fonte ou coulée. 3. Bulle de savon. 4. Phylactère dans la bande dessinée.
noun: 1. Papier bulle.
adjective: 1. Couleur légèrement jaunâtre.
adjective: 1. Muni de bulles. 2. Qualifiait le limbe de feuilles, bosselé dessus et concave dessous.
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 bulle
- bulles plural
- bullée feminine
- bullés masculine plural
- bullées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to bulle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bulle in French?
bulle appears 13 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).