buisson
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle French, from Old French buison, boissun (“stand of wild shrubs”), diminutive of Old French bois, bosc (“area planted with trees”), from Frankish *bosk, *busk (“bush”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, thicket”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to grow”). Cognate with Old Norse buskr (“bush”), Middle High German busch, bosch (“bush”), Middle English busshe. More at bush; bois + -on.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
buisson m (plural buissons)
Old French[edit]
Noun[edit]
buisson m (oblique plural buissons, nominative singular buissons, nominative plural buisson)
- Alternative form of buison.
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- French terms derived from Middle French
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms derived from Frankish
- French terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- French words suffixed with -on
- French nouns
- French masculine nouns
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- Old French nouns
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