bourré

See also: bourre

English

Noun

bourré (uncountable)

1. (card games) A card game traditionally played in Louisiana, US.
   • 2005, Chris Rose, 1 Dead in Attic, Simon & Schuster, published 2015, page 14:

     Joann Guidos, the proprietor at Kajun's, called out for a game of bourré and they all dumped their money on a table and sat down and let the cards and liquor flow.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.ʁe/

• Audio:

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Adjective

bourré (feminine bourrée, masculine plural bourrés, feminine plural bourrées)

1. stuffed or filled to the very limit
2. (informal) drunk

   Synonyms: (informal) beurré, ivre, saoul

Derived terms

• bourré à craquer
• bourré comme un coing

Participle

bourré (feminine bourrée, masculine plural bourrés, feminine plural bourrées)

1. past participle of bourrer

Further reading

• “bourré”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.