bouquin
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Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle French boucquain (“rare old book”), from Middle Dutch *boeckin, *boeckijn (“little book”), diminutive of Middle Dutch boec (“book”), (compare Middle Dutch boecskin, boekelkin). More at book, -kin.
Noun[edit]
bouquin m (plural bouquins)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle French boucquin (“old billy goat”), from bouc (“he-goat”) + -quin or -in.
Noun[edit]
bouquin m (plural bouquins)
Etymology 3[edit]
From Middle French bouquin (“mouth of a hunting horn”), perhaps ultimately from Latin bucca (“mouth”).
Noun[edit]
bouquin m (plural bouquins)
- the part of a pipe carried in the mouth
Further reading[edit]
- “bouquin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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