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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch besoenge, from Old French besoign.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈsɔnjə/
- Hyphenation: be‧sog‧ne
Noun
besogne f (plural besognes, diminutive besognetje n)
- everyday occupation, daily concern, daily business (that which occupies someone on an everyday basis)
- Synonym: beslommering
Franco-Provençal
Etymology
Compare French besogne.
Noun
besogne f (plural besognes)
- tasks
- clothes
- business
- useful things
References
- besogne in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French besonge, from Old Frankish *bisunnia (possibly through a Vulgar Latin *bisonium), from *sunnjon (“look after”) ( > soigner).
Pronunciation
Noun
besogne f (plural besognes)
- work, job
- aller vite en besogne ― to be hasty, to get ahead of oneself
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