bouée
French
Etymology
Partly from Middle Dutch boeye (“life buoy”); and partly continuing Middle French boue(e) (“a flotation signaling danger”), from Old French boue, buie (“a piece of wood or cork floating above an anchor to indicate where it is wet”), probably from Frankish *baukn, from the same Proto-Germanic source. Akin to Old High German bouhhan (“beacon”), Old Saxon bōkan (“signal”), Old Frisian bāken (“signal”), Old English bēacn (“sign, signal”).
Less likely from Latin boia (“fetter”), from Ancient Greek βοείη (boeíē), (this being the feminine singular form of Ancient Greek βόειος (bóeios), see here, an adjective ('of/concerning an ox'), used substantivally with an understood δορά 'hide'). More at beacon.
Pronunciation
Noun
bouée f (plural bouées)
- buoy (nautical: a moored float)
- rubber ring
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Further reading
- “bouée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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