buisson

English

Etymology

From French buisson

Noun

buisson (plural buissons)

1. A fruit tree trained on a low stem, the branches closely pruned.

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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

• IPA^(key): /bɥi.sɔ̃/

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Noun

buisson m (plural buissons)

1. bush

Further reading

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

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Old French

Noun

buisson oblique singular, m (oblique plural buissons, nominative singular buissons, nominative plural buisson)

1. Alternative form of buison