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5,394 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

bourgade
noun, feminine
village
bourge
noun, masculine/feminine
posho; snob, toff
bourgeois
adjective
bourgeois
bourgeois
noun, masculine
A member of the middle class; bourgeois; an inhabitant of a town or city; someone who belongs to neither the aristocratic, clerical, nor military classes
in a typically bourgeois way
bourgeoisie
noun, feminine
bourgeoisie
bourgeon
noun, masculine
bud (of plant); pimple
bourgeonnant
adjective
budding; burgeoning
bourgeonnement
noun, masculine
budding
to bud (of plant, to sprout buds); to granulate; to have pimples, spots
bourgeron
noun, masculine
a type of short blouson; workman's overall
bourgetesque
adjective
of the French writer Paul Bourget
bourgetien
adjective
of the French writer Paul Bourget
bourgmestre
noun, masculine/feminine
mayor
bourgogne
noun, masculine
Burgundy wine
bourgue
noun, masculine
cash
bourguibien
adjective
Relating to Habib Bourguiba
bourguibisme
noun, masculine
Bourguibism
bourguignon
adjective
Burgundian (of, from or relating to Burgundy, a geographic region and former province, now part of the administrative region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)
bourguignonne
noun, feminine
a part of the fontange, a particular hairdo (ribbons, wire and lace knotted in the hair) invented by the Duchess of Fontange (one of King Louis XIV’s mistresses in 1679-1680); a wine cask (228 litres), or a wine bottle (75 to 85cl)
bourguignote
noun, feminine
a kind of armour helmet; a burgonet
to tack against the wind; to roam, get about
bourlingueur
noun, masculine
a sailor who would go to sea even in dangerous conditions; globetrotter
bouroundais
adjective
alternative spelling of burundais
bourrache
noun, feminine
borage (Borago officinalis)
bourrade
noun, feminine
thump, clobbering (aggressive hit)
bourrage
noun, masculine
stuffing
bourrage de crâne
noun, masculine
the pro-war propaganda used during World War 1 in France designed to maintain morale of the local population; brainwashing
bourrasque
noun, feminine
blast, gust of wind; squall
bourratif
adjective
filling, stodgy
bourre
noun, feminine
any material used for stuffing; tufts or masses of hair removed from the skin of short-haired animals before tanning; waste from hackling or spinning of wool or silk; linters, flock; down or floss on plants, especially buds; burr; a wad for use in firearms or cannons
bourre-cochon
noun, masculine
stodge, stodgy meal; place where such meals are served
bourre-pif
noun, masculine
thump, punch on the nose
bourreau
noun, masculine
torturer; executioner, hangman (the person); individual who lives extravagantly
bourreau de travail
noun, masculine
workaholic, workhorse
bourreau des cœurs
noun, masculine
heartbreaker
bourrelet
noun, masculine
padding; roll of fat; bourrelet
bourrelier
noun, masculine
saddler, harnessmaker
bourrelé
adjective
remorseful
to stuff with stuffing material; to completely fill by shoving in; to make to eat a lot; to force-feed; to hit someone
to fill someone's head with nonsense; to brainwash, indoctrinate
bourriche
noun, feminine
hamper (large basket)
bourricot
noun, masculine
small donkey
bourride
noun, feminine
bourride
bourrin
noun, masculine
nag; lout
bourrin
adjective
loutish, brutish, rough, undelicate
bourrinage
noun, masculine
loutish behaviour
to act in a loutish manner
bourrique
noun, feminine
she-ass, jenny (female donkey); donkey; mule; ass, idiot; a very stubborn person
bourriquet
noun, masculine
a small donkey, ass; ass, donkey
bourru
adjective
surly; gruff
bourré
adjective
stuffed or filled to the very limit; drunk
pissed as a newt, drunk as a skunk (very drunk)
bourrée
noun, feminine
bourrée; faggot (bundle of sticks); torch
bourse
noun, feminine
coin purse; a purseful of money; by extension, any sum of money available to be paid; financial grant; bourse, stock exchange; the scrotum
bourse d'excellence
noun, feminine
merit scholarship, fellowship
bourse d'étude
noun, feminine
alternative spelling of bourse d'études
bourse d'études
noun, feminine
scholarship, stipend, student allowance
bourse-à-pasteur
noun, feminine
shepherd's purse
boursette
noun, feminine
shepherd's purse; a small leather pocket in the wind chest of an organ