bouvier

See also: Bouvier

French

Etymology

From Old French buvier, from Vulgar Latin, Late Latin bovārius (“cow herder”), from Latin bovārius (“of cattle”), from bos. This form may be semi-learned, and based on bœuf, or altered from the Old French boier.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bu.vje/

Noun

bouvier m (plural bouviers)

Synonyms

vacher

Coordinate terms

bouvière

Derived terms

bouvier des Flandres

Further reading

“bouvier” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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