bécasse

French

Etymology

From bec +‎ -asse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be.kas/

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• Hyphenation: bé‧casse

Noun

bécasse f (plural bécasses)

A woodcock, as depicted by Archibald Thorburn.

1. woodcock (any of several wading birds in the genus Scolopax, of the family Scolopacidae, characterised by a long slender bill and cryptic brown and blackish plumage)

Derived terms

nouns

• bécasse des bois
• bécasseau
• bécassine

 

Related terms

noun

• double-bécassine

 

Descendants

• → Polish: bekas
• → Russian: бека́с (bekás)

Further reading

• “bécasse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

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