bichon

English

Wikipedia

A Bichon Frisé.

Etymology

From French bichon.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /biʃɔn/

Noun

bichon (plural bichons)

1. A class of toy dogs with curly or wavy hair and long curled tails.
2. (especially in North America) a Bichon Frisé.

Translations

bichon

Breton: bichon (br) Czech: bišonek (cs) m., bišon (cs) Danish: bichon (da)

French: bichon (fr) m., bichonne (fr) f. Russian: болонка (ru) (bolonka)

Bichon Frisé — see Bichon Frisé

See also

• Bichon Frisé
• Bolognese
• Bolonka
• Coton de Tulear
• Havanese
• Löwchen
• Maltese

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French

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Etymology

From Middle French bichon (“small long-haired dog”), from Old French biche (“bitch, female dog”), of Germanic origin, from Old English biċċe (“female dog”), from Proto-Germanic *bikjōn (“female dog, bitch”). Cognate with Old Norse bikkja (“female dog”), German Betze (“female dog”). More at bitch.

Alternative etymology derives through an apheresis of barbichon (“small poodle”), a diminutive of barbiche (“shaggy dog”), however, chronology makes this derivation improbable if not impossible, as bichon is attested since 1588, yet barbichon ("small poodle") does not appear until 1694.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /biʃɔ̃/

Noun

bichon m. (plural bichons; feminine bichonne, plural bichonnes)

1. (dog) bichon
2. lapdog