bourde

buʁd

Definition

Definition of bourde - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, feminine

fauteerreur importante commise par manque d'attention ou de compétence

Il a fait une bourde en oubliant le rendez-vous important.

bévue

gaffe

mensonge

Dated

histoire inventée pour tromper ou pour amuser quelqu'un

Dated

Grand-père nous racontait toujours des bourdes amusantes.

baliverne

fable

coquille

Dated

faute d'écriture ou erreur dans un texte imprimé

Dated

L'éditeur a trouvé plusieurs bourdes dans le manuscrit.

coquille

lapsus

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commettre une bourde

faire une grosse erreur ou une gaffe importante

Il a commis une bourde en oubliant le rendez-vous important.

faire une bourde

commettre une erreur stupide ou une bêtise

Il a fait une bourde en oubliant le rendez-vous important.

Origin of bourde

français, bourde (erreur grossière)

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pataquès

faute

erreur grossière ou bourde dans le langage ou le comportement

Examples of bourde in a sentence

Cette bourde lui a coûté son emploi.
Il a inventé une bourde pour éviter les ennuis.
Les enfants riaient en écoutant ses bourdes farfelues.
Une bourde s'est glissée dans le titre du journal.
Le correcteur a repéré une bourde dans le paragraphe final.

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English:blunder, tall tale, ...
German:Patzer, Flunkerei, ...
Italian:gaffe, fandonia, ...
Spanish:cagada, mentira, ...
Portuguese:gaffe, patranha, ...
Chinese:失误, 瞎话, ...
Japanese:大失敗, 作り話, ...
Arabic:هفوة, كذبة, ...
Hebrew:פַּאשְׁלָה, סִפּוּר בָּדוּי, ...
Russian:ляп, выдумка, ...
Ukrainian:ляп, байка, ...
Catalan:disbarat, bola, ...
Danish:bommert, skrøne, ...
Dutch:blunder, leugen, ...
Greek:λάθος, ψέμα, ...
Khmer:កំហុសធ្ងន់, រឿងប្រឌិត, ...
Korean:큰 실수, 허풍, ...
Polish:gafa, bujda, ...
Portuguese (BR):gafe, história inventada, ...
Romanian:gafă, scorneală, ...
Swedish:blunder, skröna, ...
Thai:ความผิดพลาดครั้งใหญ่, เรื่องโกหก, ...
Turkish:pot, uydurma, ...
Vietnamese:sai lầm ngớ ngẩn, chuyện bịa, ...

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Definition of bourde - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, feminine

Expressions with bourde

Origin of bourde

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Terms with bourde included in their meaning

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