bougre

== French == === Etymology === From Old French bogre (“heretic”) (1172), also bogresse (“person who indulges in unnatural debauchery”) (1260), from Late Latin Bulgarus (“Bulgarian”), from Old Church Slavonic блъгаринъ (blŭgarinŭ). Doublet of bulgare and boug. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /buɡʁ/ (Louisiana) IPA(key): [buɡ], [bʊɡ] === Noun === bougre m (plural bougres) (colloquial) chap, guy Synonyms: gars, mec wretch (miserable, luckless person) (derogatory) imbecile; idiot (dated) sodomite, bugger (homosexual) ==== Derived terms ==== bougre de 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