embûche

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See also: embuche, embuché, and embûché

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French enbusque, from Old French embuschier (“to ambush”), from Vulgar Latin *imboscō, from in + boscus (“wood, woods”).

Pronunciation

Noun

embûche f (plural embûches)

  1. (usually in the plural) ambush (concealment in order to attack or harm someone by surprise)
  2. (figurative) trap
    un parcours semé d’embûches
    a course riddled with traps

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Verb

embûche

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

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