bourdille

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buʁ.dij/
  • Audio (France (Vosges)):(file)

Etymology 1

From Occitan bordilha (“garbage”)

Noun

bourdille f (plural bourdilles)

  1. (Provence, derogatory, offensive) despicable person; scumbag; trash
  2. (slang) nark; snitch; rat
    Synonyms: balance, indic
  3. (criminal slang, derogatory) cop; police officer
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:policier

Etymology 2

Verb

bourdille

  1. inflection of bourdiller:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative
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