bocage

English

Noun

bocage (plural bocages)

1. Alternative spelling of boscage

French

Etymology

From the Old French boscage, from Vulgar Latin *boscāticum, from Late Latin boscus, from Frankish *busk (compare Middle Dutch busch), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“forest, woods”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ.kaʒ/

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Noun

bocage m (plural bocages)

1. (dated) grove
2. mixed woodlands and pastures
3. hedgerow country, a rural landscape where parcels are separated by slightly elevated hedgerows

Derived terms

• bocager
• Montbrun-Bocage

 

See also

• paysage
• remembrement

 

Further reading

• “bocage” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35).
• “bocage” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 9th Edition (1992-).
• “bocage” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “bocage” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
• “bocage” in Dictionnaire Le Robert.
• “bocage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.