buisson
English
Etymology
Noun
buisson (plural buissons)
- A fruit tree trained on a low stem, the branches closely pruned.
French
Etymology
From Middle French, from Old French buison, buisson, boissun (“stand of wild shrubs”), diminutive of Old French bois, bosc (“area planted with trees”), from Frankish *bosk, *busk (“bush”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, thicket”). Equivalent to bois + -on.
Pronunciation
Noun
buisson m (plural buissons)
Further reading
- “buisson”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Noun
buisson oblique singular, m (oblique plural buissons, nominative singular buissons, nominative plural buisson)
- Alternative form of buison
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