double-bécassine

French

Etymology

From double +‎ bécassine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /du.blə.be.ka.sin/
• Hyphenation: dou‧ble-‧bé‧cas‧sine

Noun

double-bécassine f (plural doubles-bécassines)

1. great snipe

   Synonym: bécassine double

Related terms

nouns

• bécasse
• bécasse des bois
• bécasseau
• bécassine

 

Descendants

• → Belarusian: ду́бальт, ду́пель (dúbalʹt, dúpjelʹ)
• → Danish: dobbeltbekkasin
• → Lithuanian: dubeltas
• → Norwegian: dobbeltbekkasin
• → Polish: dubelt
• → Russian: ду́пель (dúpelʹ)
• → Swedish: dubbelbeckasin
• → Ukrainian: ду́пель (dúpelʹ)

Further reading

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