pourri
French, noun/pu.ʁi/
pourri is spelled P-O-U-R-R-I (6 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written French, the 6,181st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pourri is a French masculine noun meaning “swine, bastard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of pourrir. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personnage qui se laisse corrompre, qui est corrompu”.
What does pourri mean in English?
adjective
- 1
rotten; decayed
- 2
bad, rotten; off
- 3
decomposed, putrefied (body)
- 4
spoilt (child)
- 5
bad; lame
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculineswine, bastard
- 2
masculineslangbent copper, dirty cop
verb
- 1
past participle of pourrir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ou Qui est en état de pourriture ou de corruption. 2. Qui est de très médiocre qualité.
noun: 1. Personnage qui se laisse corrompre, qui est corrompu.
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 pourri
- pourrie feminine
- pourris masculine plural
- pourries feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pourri?
- /pu.ʁi/
- \pu.ʁi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pourri
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pourri in French?
pourri appears 11 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).