bouquin

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bu.kɛ̃/
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Etymology 1

From Middle French boucquain (“rare old book”), from Middle Dutch *boeckin, *boeckijn (“little book”), diminutive of Middle Dutch boec (“book”), (compare Middle Dutch boecskin, boekelkin). More at book, -kin.

Noun

bouquin m (plural bouquins)

  1. (colloquial) book
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle French boucquin (“old billy goat”), from bouc (“he-goat”) + -quin or -in.

Noun

bouquin m (plural bouquins)

  1. buck (male hare)
  2. buck (male rabbit)

Etymology 3

From Middle French bouquin (“mouth of a hunting horn”), perhaps ultimately from Latin bucca (“mouth”).

Noun

bouquin m (plural bouquins)

  1. the part of a pipe carried in the mouth

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