burqa
French, noun/byʁ.ka/
burqa is spelled B-U-R-Q-A (5 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written French, the 25,237th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Burqa is a French feminine noun meaning “burqa” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Vêtement souvent bleu qui couvre entièrement la tête et le corps, une grille au niveau des yeux permettant de…”.
What does burqa mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineburqa
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vêtement souvent bleu qui couvre entièrement la tête et le corps, une grille au niveau des yeux permettant de voir sans être vu. 2. Voile fixé sur la tête, par-dessus un hijab, et qui couvre la tête avec une fente permettant de voir.
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 burqa
- burqas plural
- burka alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce burqa?
- /byʁ.ka/
- /buʁ.ka/
- \byʁ.ka\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to burqa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is burqa in French?
burqa appears 1.4 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).