buriné
French, adjective
buriné is spelled B-U-R-I-N-É (6 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 121,051st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Buriné is a French adjective meaning “chiselled” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of buriner. Without its accent, burine is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a été travaillé au burin”.
What does buriné mean in English?
adjective
- 1
chiselled
verb
- 1
past participle of buriner
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a été travaillé au burin. 2. Qui a des traits marqués.
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 buriné
- burinée feminine
- burinés masculine plural
- burinées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is buriné in French?
buriné appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).