bécasse

French

Etymology

bec +‎ -asse

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be.kas/

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Noun

bécasse f (plural bécasses)

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)

Descendants

• Russian: бека́с (bekás)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• sébacés