bouché

See also: bouche and Bouché

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bu.ʃe/
  • (file)

Participle

bouché (feminine bouchée, masculine plural bouchés, feminine plural bouchées)

  1. past participle of boucher

Adjective

bouché (feminine bouchée, masculine plural bouchés, feminine plural bouchées)

  1. (informal, of the nose, of the ears) stuffy, stuffed up, blocked up, clogged up
    avoir le nez bouchéto have a stuffy nose
    avoir les oreilles bouchéesto have clogged ears
  2. (informal) thick, dumb
    T’es bouché ou quoi ?You dumb or what?

Further reading

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

From French boucher (to plug), compare Haitian Creole bouche.

Verb

bouché

  1. to plug

References

  • Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.