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French
Pronunciation
Participle
bouché (feminine bouchée, masculine plural bouchés, feminine plural bouchées)
- past participle of boucher
Adjective
bouché (feminine bouchée, masculine plural bouchés, feminine plural bouchées)
- (informal, of the nose, of the ears) stuffy, stuffed up, blocked up, clogged up
- avoir le nez bouché ― to have a stuffy nose
- avoir les oreilles bouchées ― to have clogged ears
- (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
- to plug
References
- Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales