bamboche

From French bamboche.

bamboche (plural bamboches)

1. A Haitian dance party.

• IPA^(key): /bɑ̃.bɔʃ/

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• Homophones: bambochent, bamboches
• Rhymes: -ɔʃ

First attested in the 17th century. From Italian bamboccio.

bamboche f (plural bamboches)

1. (dated) large marionette

   Synonyms: marionnette, fantoche, pantin

2. (by extension, derogatory) small person

Back-formation from bambochade, likely under the influence of débauche (“debauchery”), and possibly also bidoche (“meat”), médianoche (“midnight meal”). By surface analysis, deverbal from bambocher.

bamboche f (plural bamboches)

1. (colloquial) feast

   Synonyms: bombance, ripaille, bringue, nouba, festin, noce

   faire bombance ― to party, to make merry

From bambou (“bamboo”) +‎ -oche.

bamboche f (plural bamboches) (dated)

1. bamboo stalk used to make canes
2. knotty cane of bamboo

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

bamboche f (plural bamboches) (rare)

1. trick, cheat, deception

   Synonym: tromperie

2. joke

   Synonym: plaisanterie

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

bamboche

1. inflection of bambocher:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

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