bouchée

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French bouchée (mouthful).

Noun[edit]

bouchée (plural bouchées)

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

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

bouchée f (plural bouchées)

  1. mouthful
  2. bouchée

Derived terms[edit]

Participle[edit]

bouchée f sg

  1. feminine singular of bouché

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