bouchon
French
Etymology
From Middle French bouchon (“bundle of hemp or foliage, oakum”), from bousche (“handful of straw, bundle of twigs”), from Vulgar Latin bosca (“brush, bundle of branches”), from Frankish *bosc (“bush”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush”). More at bush.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bu.ʃɔ̃/
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Noun
bouchon m (plural bouchons)
- cork, bung, stopper, plug
- float (in angling)
- traffic jam
- (computing) dongle
- (small) restaurant
- (colloquial) kid, mite, munchkin
Synonyms
- (traffic jam): embouteillage
Derived terms
Further reading
- “bouchon” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Noun
bouchon m (plural bouchons)
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (bouchon, supplement)
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