rembourrer
French, verb/ʁɑ̃.bu.ʁe/
rembourrer is spelled R-E-M-B-O-U-R-R-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written French, the 161,134th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rembourrer is a French verb meaning “to pad, stuff” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Garnir de bourre, de laine, de crin, etc”.
What does rembourrer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pad, stuff
- 2
to upholster
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Garnir de bourre, de laine, de crin, etc. 2. Remplir
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 rembourrer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- rembourrant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- rembourré participle past
- rembourre first-person indicative present
- rembourres indicative present second-person
- rembourrons first-person indicative plural
- rembourrez indicative plural present
- rembourrent indicative plural present
- rembourrais first-person imperfect indicative
- rembourrait imperfect indicative singular
- rembourrions first-person imperfect indicative
- rembourriez imperfect indicative plural
- rembourraient imperfect indicative plural
- rembourrai first-person historic indicative
- rembourras historic indicative past
- rembourra historic indicative past
- rembourrâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rembourrer?
- /ʁɑ̃.bu.ʁe/
- \ʁɑ̃.bu.ʁe\
- [ʁɑ̃.bu.ʁe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rembourrer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rembourrer in French?
rembourrer appears about once in every 25 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).