bummer
French, verb/bɔ.me/
bummer is spelled B-U-M-M-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written French, the 234,192nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bummer is a French verb meaning “to bum (ask for something for free)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Quémander, quêter”.
What does bummer mean in English?
verb
- 1
slangto bum (ask for something for free)
Je peux-tu te bummer une cig ?
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Quémander, quêter.
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 bummer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- bummant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- bummé participle past
- bumme first-person indicative present
- bummes indicative present second-person
- bummons first-person indicative plural
- bummez indicative plural present
- bumment indicative plural present
- bummais first-person imperfect indicative
- bummait imperfect indicative singular
- bummions first-person imperfect indicative
- bummiez imperfect indicative plural
- bummaient imperfect indicative plural
- bummai first-person historic indicative
- bummas historic indicative past
- bumma historic indicative past
- bummâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bummer?
- /bɔ.me/
- \bɔ.me\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bummer in French?
bummer appears about once in every 55 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).