burle
French, noun\byʁl\
burle is spelled B-U-R-L-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written French, the 147,615th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Burle is a French feminine noun meaning “wind from the north blowing on the French Central Massif” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of burler. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Vent du nord soufflant sur le Massif central”.
What does burle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewind from the north blowing on the French Central Massif
noun
- 1
archaicfemininejoke, jeer
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
noun: 1. Vent du nord soufflant sur le Massif central. 2. Plaisanterie, moquerie.
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 burle
- burles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce burle?
- \byʁl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is burle in French?
burle appears about once in every 21 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).