cow-boy

See also: cowboy and Cowboy

French

Alternative forms

• cowboy (rare, post-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from English cowboy (19th century).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaw.bɔj/, /ko.bɔj/

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Noun

cow-boy m (plural cow-boys, feminine cow-girl)

1. (Anglicism) cowboy

   Synonym: vacher

Descendants

• → Vietnamese: cao bồi

Further reading

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