burin
French, noun/by.ʁɛ̃/
burin is spelled B-U-R-I-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 37,217th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Burin is a French masculine noun meaning “burin, graver” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Outil en forme de ciseau d’acier que l’on pousse à la main et qui sert à graver, à couper les métaux”.
What does burin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineburin, graver
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Outil en forme de ciseau d’acier que l’on pousse à la main et qui sert à graver, à couper les métaux. 2. Outil de maçon ou de mécanicien, à lame plate, que l'on frappe avec un maillet ou un marteau. 3. Gravure effectuée en utilisant la technique du burin. 4. Instrument à extrémité biseautée tranchante, pour entailler l’os.
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 burin
- burins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce burin?
- /by.ʁɛ̃/
- \by.ʁɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to burin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is burin in French?
burin appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).