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bouchée

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English

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from French bouchée (mouthful).

    Noun

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    bouchée (plural bouchées)

    1. A small pastry case filled with a savoury mixture, served as an hors d'oeuvre.

    French

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    Etymology

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    From bouche +‎ -ée, possibly Vulgar Latin *buccata, from Latin bucca. Compare Italian boccata, Romanian bucată; cf. also Portuguese and Spanish bocado.

    Noun

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    bouchée f (plural bouchées)

    1. mouthful
    2. bouchée

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    Participle

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    bouchée f sg

    1. feminine singular of bouché

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