bougre

French

Etymology

From Old French bogre (“heretic”) (1172), also bogresse (“person who indulges in unnatural debauchery”) (1260), from Late Latin Bulgarus (“Bulgarian”). Doublet of bulgare and boug.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buɡʁ/
• (Louisiana) IPA^(key): [buɡ], [bʊɡ]

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Noun

bougre m (plural bougres)

1. (colloquial, Louisiana) chap, guy

   Synonyms: gars, mec

2. wretch (miserable, luckless person)
3. imbecile; idiot (general pejorative)
4. (dated) sodomite, bugger, homosexual
5. (invariable, followed by 'de') bloody (intensifier)

Derived terms

• bougrement
• bougresse
• bougrerie

Descendants

• → English: bugger
• Karipúna Creole French: bug
• Portuguese: bugre

Further reading

• “bougre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN)

Anagrams

• bouger