buisson

French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French boissun (“stand of wild shrubs”), diminutive of Old French bois, bosc (“area planted with trees”), of Germanic origin, from Old Low Frankish *bosk, *busk (“bush”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, thicket”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bhū- (“to grow”). Cognate with Old Norse buskr (“bush”), Middle High German busch, bosch (“bush”), Middle English busshe. More at bush; bois +‎ -on.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /bɥisɔ̃/

Noun

buisson m. (plural buissons)

1. (botany) bush

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Old French

Noun

buisson m. (oblique plural buissons, nominative singular buissons, nominative plural buisson)

1. Alternative form of buison.