burnous
French, noun/byʁ.nu/
burnous is spelled B-U-R-N-O-U-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 114,550th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Burnous is a French masculine noun meaning “burnoose” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Grand manteau de laine à capuchon d’origine berbère, porté dans les pays du Maghreb (Originaire d’Algerie)”.
What does burnous mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineburnoose
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Grand manteau de laine à capuchon d’origine berbère, porté dans les pays du Maghreb (Originaire d’Algerie). 2. Porteur de ce vêtement. 3. Grand manteau de femme. 4. Peignoir de bain sans manches pour bébé.
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 burnous
- albornoz obsolete
- alburno
- bernous
- avarnous
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce burnous?
- /byʁ.nu/
- /byʁ.nus/
- \byʁ.nu\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is burnous in French?
burnous appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).