bursite
French, noun/byʁ.sit/
bursite is spelled B-U-R-S-I-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written French, the 166,446th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bursite is a French feminine noun meaning “bursitis (inflammation of a bursa)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Inflammation des bourses séreuses”.
What does bursite mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebursitis (inflammation of a bursa)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Inflammation des bourses séreuses. 2. Inflammation de la bourse de Fabricius des oiseaux.
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 bursite
- bursites plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bursite?
- /byʁ.sit/
- \byʁ.sit\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bursite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bursite in French?
bursite appears about once in every 27 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).