byou
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Modified from bijou. The digraph <ij> is fairly rare among European languages, but it is common in Dutch, and in older Dutch spellings it is generally interchangeable with <y>. Thus, some people may think <ij> is "too Dutch" for a foreign word, and that it therefore must be a misspelling for <y>. Compare Dyon.
Noun[edit]
byou m (plural byoux or byous, diminutive byoutje n)
- (hyperforeign) Misspelling of bijou.