butor
French, noun/by.tɔʁ/
butor is spelled B-U-T-O-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 53,838th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Butor is a French masculine noun meaning “bittern (bird of the family Ardeidae and genus Botaurus, specifically those species not formerly in the genus Ixobrychus, which are called…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Oiseau proche du héron qui vit dans les marécages, de la famille des ardéidés, en particulier le butor étoilé”.
What does butor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebittern (bird of the family Ardeidae and genus Botaurus, specifically those species not formerly in the genus Ixobrychus, which are called blongios)
- 2
masculineboor, oaf
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Oiseau proche du héron qui vit dans les marécages, de la famille des ardéidés, en particulier le butor étoilé. 2. Individu mal élevé, grossier, brutal et stupide.
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 butor
- butors plural
- butorde feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce butor?
- /by.tɔʁ/
- \by.tɔʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to butor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is butor in French?
butor appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).