bouche

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See also: Bouche, bouché, and Bouché

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buːʃ/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Etymology 1

From French bouche (“mouth, victuals”). Doublet of bocca.

Sculpture of a jousting shield with a bouche.

Alternative forms

Noun

bouche (plural bouches)

  1. (historical and in heraldry) A slit, notch or opening in the edge of a (physical or heraldic) shield, through which the bearer's lance or sword could be used or in which it could be rested.

Etymology 2

Verb

bouche (third-person singular simple present bouches, present participle bouching, simple past and past participle bouched)

  1. Alternative form of bush (to line)

Noun

bouche (plural bouches)

  1. Alternative form of bush (a lining)

See also

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French bouche, from Old French boche, buche, from Latin bucca. Doublet of bouque.

Noun

bouche f (plural bouches)

  1. mouth
    Synonyms: (vulgar) gueule; (informal) clapet
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

bouche

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

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French boche, buche, from Latin bucca.

Noun

bouche f (plural bouches)

  1. mouth

Descendants

  • French: bouche
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