bouquet

See also: Bouquet

English

Porcelain bouquet, from c. 1760

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *buskaz

Frankish *buskbor.

Early Medieval Latin boscus

Old French boisder.

Old French bochet

French bouquetubor.

English bouquet

Unadapted borrowing from French bouquet, from Old French bochet, from bois, from Early Medieval Latin boscus (“grove”), borrowed from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz. Doublet of bosket.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buːˈkeɪ/, (Indic) /bʊkeː/

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• (spelling pronunciation) IPA^(key): /boʊˈkeɪ/, (Indic) /bokeː/
• Rhymes: -eɪ

Noun

bouquet (plural bouquets)

1. A bunch of cut flowers.

   For my birthday I received two bouquets.

2. A decoratively arranged bunch of something.

   Each table was adorned with a bouquet of giant balloons.

   • 2005, Mildred M. Jeffrey, Walking the Cliffs, page 10:

     Aunt Cass rearranged the bouquet of spoons in the little vase on the table.

3. The scent of a particular wine.

   This Bordeaux has an interesting bouquet.

4. The middle note of a perfume.

   The remarkable flower bouquet lasts for hours until it dissolves into a sweet vanilla smell.

5. A compliment or expression of praise.
   • 1977 August 20, Robert Etherington, “John Horne Burns and His Enemies”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 7, page 10:

     Since his early death in 1953, a cult, small and select, has grown up around him […] . This coterie maintains that Burns was a writer of near transcendent genius […] whose first novel received enormous bouquets from the critics but who was hounded to death by those same critics when they learned he was a fag.

6. (mathematics) A bouquet of circles.
7. (card games) The reserve of cards in the game of Flower Garden and variations.
8. (cartomancy) The ninth Lenormand card, sometimes called Flowers instead.

Derived terms

• bouquetlike
• bouquet of circles
• bouquet of spheres
• bouquets and brickbats
• fruit bouquet
• kitchen bouquet

Related terms

• ambush
• bush

Translations

bunch of flowers

• Afrikaans: ruiker, boeket (af), handruiker
• Albanian: buqetë (sq) f
• Arabic: بَاقَة f (bāqa), بَاقَة زُهُور f (bāqat zuhūr)
• Armenian: ծաղկեփունջ (hy) (caġkepʻunǰ)
• Azerbaijani: gül dəstəsi, dəstə (az)
• Belarusian: буке́т m (bukjét)
• Bengali: কুসুমস্তবক (bn) (kuśumostobok)
• Bulgarian: буке́т (bg) m (bukét), ки́тка (bg) f (kítka)
• Burmese: ပန်းစည်း (my) (pan:cany:)
• Catalan: ram (ca) m, ramell (ca) m, pom (ca) m, toia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 花束 (zh) (huāshù)

• Czech: kytice (cs) f, pugét m
• Danish: buket (da) c
• Dutch: boeket (nl) n or m, ruiker (nl) m, bos (nl) m
• Esperanto: bukedo (eo)
• Estonian: bukett, kimp
• Faroese: blómutyssi n
• Finnish: kukkakimppu (fi)
• French: bouquet (fr) m
• Friulian: mac m
• Georgian: თაიგული (taiguli)
• German: Blumenstrauß (de) m, Bouquet (de) n
• Greek: ανθοδέσμη (el) f (anthodésmi)
• Hebrew: זֵר (he) m (zer), זר פרחים m (zer p'rakhím), צְרוֹר (he) m (tzror)
• Hindi: गुलदस्ता (hi) m (guldastā), पुष्पगुच्छ m (puṣpagucch)
• Hungarian: virágcsokor (hu), csokor (hu)
• Icelandic: blómvöndur (is) m
• Ido: buketo (io)
• Indonesian: buket (id)
• Ingrian: kukkakimppu
• Italian: mazzo (it) m
• Japanese: 花束 (ja) (はなたば, hanataba), ブーケ (ja) (būke)
• Kazakh: байлам (bailam), гүлшоқ (gülşoq)
• Khiamniungan Naga: tāupūo kîe, tāupūo kîe
• Khmer: ភួង (km) (phuəng), កណ្ដាប់ (km) (kɑndap)
• Korean: 꽃다발 (ko) (kkotdabal), 부케 (buke), 화속(花束) (hwasok)
• Kyrgyz: букет (ky) (buket), гүлдесте (ky) (güldeste)
• Ladin: maz de ciofes m
• Ladino: demet m
• Lao: ຊໍ່ (sǭ), ພົ້ວ (phūa), ຮົດ (hot), ມາລາ (mā lā)
• Latvian: pušķis m
• Ligurian: màsso m
• Lithuanian: puokštė f
• Livonian: kimp
• Macedonian: буке́т m (bukét), китка f (kitka)
• Malay: jambak (ms)
• Marathi: पुष्पगुच्छ m (puṣpaguccha)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: баглаа (mn) (baglaa), цоморлог (mn) (comorlog)

• Nepali: गुलदस्ता (ne) (guladastā)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bukett m

• Nǀuu: please add this translation if you can
• Pashto: ګلدسته f (gwəldastá)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: دَسْتِه‌گُل (daste-gol), گُلْدَسْتِه (goldaste)

• Piedmontese: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: bukiet (pl) m, wiązanka (pl) f
• Portuguese: buquê (pt), bouquet (pt) m, ramo (pt) m
• Romanian: buchet (ro) n
• Russian: буке́т (ru) m (bukét)
• Sanskrit: गुच्छ (sa) m (guccha)
• Scots: flour
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бу̀ке̄т m

  Roman: bùkēt (sh) m

• Slovak: kytica f, buket m
• Slovene: šopek (sl) m
• Spanish: ramo (es) m, ramita f, buqué (es) m
• Sranan Tongo: boketi
• Swedish: bukett (sv) c
• Tagalog: kalangi
• Tajik: гулдаста (guldasta), дастаи гул (dasta-yi gul)
• Tamil: பூச்செண்டு (ta) (pūcceṇṭu)
• Thai: ช่อ (th) (chɔ̂ɔ), พเยีย (th) (pá-yiia)
• Turkish: buket (tr), demet (tr)
• Turkmen: desse, gül desseçi
• Ukrainian: буке́т (uk) m (bukét), ки́тиця f (kýtycja)
• Urdu: گُلْدَسْتَہ m (guldasta), گُل دَسْتَہ m (gul dasta)
• Uyghur: گۈلدەستە (güldeste)
• Uzbek: buket (uz), guldasta (uz)
• Vietnamese: bó hoa
• Volapük: flored (vo)
• Walloon: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: tusw m, pwysi m
• Yiddish: בוקעט m (buket)

scent of wine

• Arabic: شَذًى m (šaḏan), شَذًا m (šaḏan)
• Bulgarian: буке́т (bg) m (bukét)
• Catalan: aroma (ca) f, buquet m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 酒香 (jiǔxiāng), 芳香 (zh) (fāngxiāng)

• Czech: buket (cs) m
• Danish: bouquet (da) c
• Dutch: bouquet (nl) n
• Esperanto: bukedo (eo)
• Finnish: bukee (fi), bouquet (fi)
• French: bouquet (fr) m
• German: Bouquet (de) n
• Hungarian: buké (hu)
• Icelandic: vínilmur m
• Irish: cumhracht f
• Italian: profumo (it) m, fragranza (it) f, aroma (it) m
• Japanese: 香り (ja) (かおり, kaori)
• Māori: kakara
• Portuguese: buquê (pt) m
• Romanian: buchet (ro) n, aromă (ro) f
• Russian: буке́т (ru) m (bukét)
• Spanish: aroma (es) m, buqué (es) m
• Welsh: persawr (cy) m

See also

• bouquet garni
• nosegay
• corsage
• posy

Danish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *buskaz

Frankish *buskbor.

Early Medieval Latin boscus

Old French boisder.

Old French bochet

French bouquetubor.

Danish bouquet

Unadapted borrowing from French bouquet, from Old French bochet, from bois, from Early Medieval Latin boscus (“grove”), borrowed from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bukɛ/, [b̥uˈkʰɛ] or IPA^(key): /buke/, [b̥uˈkʰe]

Noun

bouquet c (singular definite bouqueten or bouquet'en, not used in plural form)

1. bouquet (scent of wine)

Related terms

• buket

Further reading

• “bouquet” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Alternative forms

• boeket

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *buskaz

Frankish *buskbor.

Early Medieval Latin boscus

Old French boisder.

Old French bochet

French bouquetubor.

Dutch bouquet

Unadapted borrowing from French bouquet, from Old French bochet, from bois, from Early Medieval Latin boscus (“grove”), borrowed from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈkɛ/

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• Hyphenation: bou‧quet

Noun

bouquet n (plural bouquets, diminutive bouquetje n)

1. aroma, bouquet (scent of wine)

Derived terms

• bouquet garni
• bouquetreeks
• bouquetroman

Further reading

• “bouquet” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

Finnish

Etymology

< French bouquet

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbukeː/, [ˈbuk̟e̞ː]
• IPA^(key): /buˈkeː/
• Rhymes: -ukeː

Noun

bouquet

1. bouquet (scent of wine)

Declension

Inflection of bouquet (Kotus type 22/parfait, no gradation)
nominative		bouquet	bouquet’t
genitive		bouquet’n	bouquet’iden bouquet’itten
partitive		bouquet’ta	bouquet’ita
illative		bouquet’hen	bouquet’ihin
		singular	plural
nominative		bouquet	bouquet’t
accusative	nom.	bouquet	bouquet’t
	gen.	bouquet’n
genitive		bouquet’n	bouquet’iden bouquet’itten
partitive		bouquet’ta	bouquet’ita
inessive		bouquet’ssa	bouquet’issa
elative		bouquet’sta	bouquet’ista
illative		bouquet’hen	bouquet’ihin
adessive		bouquet’lla	bouquet’illa
ablative		bouquet’lta	bouquet’ilta
allative		bouquet’lle	bouquet’ille
essive		bouquet’na	bouquet’ina
translative		bouquet’ksi	bouquet’iksi
abessive		bouquet’tta	bouquet’itta
instructive		—	bouquet’in
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of bouquet (Kotus type 22/parfait, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative bouquet’ni bouquet’ni accusative nom. bouquet’ni bouquet’ni gen. bouquet’ni genitive bouquet’ni bouquet’ideni bouquet’itteni partitive bouquet’tani bouquet’itani inessive bouquet’ssani bouquet’issani elative bouquet’stani bouquet’istani illative bouquet’heni bouquet’ihini adessive bouquet’llani bouquet’illani ablative bouquet’ltani bouquet’iltani allative bouquet’lleni bouquet’illeni essive bouquet’nani bouquet’inani translative bouquet’kseni bouquet’ikseni abessive bouquet’ttani bouquet’ittani instructive — — comitative — bouquet’ineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative bouquet’si bouquet’si accusative nom. bouquet’si bouquet’si gen. bouquet’si genitive bouquet’si bouquet’idesi bouquet’ittesi partitive bouquet’tasi bouquet’itasi inessive bouquet’ssasi bouquet’issasi elative bouquet’stasi bouquet’istasi illative bouquet’hesi bouquet’ihisi adessive bouquet’llasi bouquet’illasi ablative bouquet’ltasi bouquet’iltasi allative bouquet’llesi bouquet’illesi essive bouquet’nasi bouquet’inasi translative bouquet’ksesi bouquet’iksesi abessive bouquet’ttasi bouquet’ittasi instructive — — comitative — bouquet’inesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative bouquet’mme bouquet’mme accusative nom. bouquet’mme bouquet’mme gen. bouquet’mme genitive bouquet’mme bouquet’idemme bouquet’ittemme partitive bouquet’tamme bouquet’itamme inessive bouquet’ssamme bouquet’issamme elative bouquet’stamme bouquet’istamme illative bouquet’hemme bouquet’ihimme adessive bouquet’llamme bouquet’illamme ablative bouquet’ltamme bouquet’iltamme allative bouquet’llemme bouquet’illemme essive bouquet’namme bouquet’inamme translative bouquet’ksemme bouquet’iksemme abessive bouquet’ttamme bouquet’ittamme instructive — — comitative — bouquet’inemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative bouquet’nne bouquet’nne accusative nom. bouquet’nne bouquet’nne gen. bouquet’nne genitive bouquet’nne bouquet’idenne bouquet’ittenne partitive bouquet’tanne bouquet’itanne inessive bouquet’ssanne bouquet’issanne elative bouquet’stanne bouquet’istanne illative bouquet’henne bouquet’ihinne adessive bouquet’llanne bouquet’illanne ablative bouquet’ltanne bouquet’iltanne allative bouquet’llenne bouquet’illenne essive bouquet’nanne bouquet’inanne translative bouquet’ksenne bouquet’iksenne abessive bouquet’ttanne bouquet’ittanne instructive — — comitative — bouquet’inenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative bouquet’nsa bouquet’nsa accusative nom. bouquet’nsa bouquet’nsa gen. bouquet’nsa genitive bouquet’nsa bouquet’idensa bouquet’ittensa partitive bouquet’taan bouquet’tansa bouquet’itaan bouquet’itansa inessive bouquet’ssaan bouquet’ssansa bouquet’issaan bouquet’issansa elative bouquet’staan bouquet’stansa bouquet’istaan bouquet’istansa illative bouquet’hensa bouquet’ihinsa adessive bouquet’llaan bouquet’llansa bouquet’illaan bouquet’illansa ablative bouquet’ltaan bouquet’ltansa bouquet’iltaan bouquet’iltansa allative bouquet’lleen bouquet’llensa bouquet’illeen bouquet’illensa essive bouquet’naan bouquet’nansa bouquet’inaan bouquet’inansa translative bouquet’kseen bouquet’ksensa bouquet’ikseen bouquet’iksensa abessive bouquet’ttaan bouquet’ttansa bouquet’ittaan bouquet’ittansa instructive — — comitative — bouquet’ineen bouquet’inensa

French

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *buskaz

Frankish *buskbor.

Early Medieval Latin boscus

Old French boisder.

Old French bochet

French bouquet

Inherited from Old French bochet, from bois, from Early Medieval Latin boscus (“grove”), borrowed from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.kɛ/

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Noun

bouquet m (plural bouquets)

1. bouquet, bunch
2. a set or selection of something
3. a group of trees forming a grove
4. aroma, bouquet (scent of wine)

Derived terms

• bouquet garni

Descendants

• → Arabic: بَاقَة (bāqa)
• → Azerbaijani: buket
• → Catalan: buquet
• → Czech: buket
• → Danish: buket, bouquet
• → English: bouquet
• → Esperanto: bukedo
• → Finnish: bukee
• → German: Bouquet
• → Greek: μπουκέτο (boukéto)
• → Japanese: ブーケ (būke)
• → Macedonian: букет (buket)
• → Maltese: bukkett
• → Norwegian: bukett
• → Polish: bukiet
• → Portuguese: buquê, bouquet (unadapted form)
• → Romanian: buchet
• → Russian: буке́т (bukét)
• Serbo-Croatian:
  • → Latin script: bùkēt
  • → Cyrillic script: бу̀ке̄т
• → Spanish: buqué
• → Swedish: bukett
• → Turkish: buket

Further reading

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

Italian

Alternative forms

• buchè, bucchè (adapted)
• bochè, bocchè (regional or archaic)
• bocchetto (rare, obsolete)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *buskaz

Frankish *buskbor.

Early Medieval Latin boscus

Old French boisder.

Old French bochet

French bouquetubor.

Italian bouquet

Unadapted borrowing from French bouquet. Doublet of boschetto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈkɛ/^*, /buˈke/^*
• Rhymes: -ɛ, -e

Noun

bouquet m (invariable)

1. bouquet (bundle of flowers)

   Synonym: mazzo

2. bouquet (scent of wine)

   Synonym: aroma

3. mixture of essential oils dissolved in alcohol

References

• bouquet in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• bouquet in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *buskaz

Frankish *buskbor.

Early Medieval Latin boscus

Old French boisder.

Old French bochet

French bouquetubor.

Portuguese bouquet

Unadapted borrowing from French bouquet, from Old French bochet, from bois, from Early Medieval Latin boscus (“grove”), borrowed from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.

Noun

bouquet m (plural bouquets)

1. alternative form of buquê

Further reading

• “bouquet”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026