gerboise

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

First known attestation 1655 as ierbuah, from Maghrebi Arabic جَرْبُوع (jarbūʕ).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʒɛʁ.bwaz/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -az

Noun[edit]

gerboise f (plural gerboises)

  1. jerboa
    Synonym: (obsolete) gerbo
    • 1844 Georges-Louis Leclerc compte de Buffon, Œuvres complètes de Bouffon, tome IV, Paris, Furne et Cie
      La tête ressemble assez à celles des petites gerboises ; il y a des moustaches autour de la gueule et aux angles des yeux.
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