bouquin

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bu.kɛ̃/
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Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French boucquain (“old book of little esteem”), from a derivative of Middle Dutch boec (“book”). Either from an unrecorded Middle Dutch *boekijn, a possible variant of the usual interfixed diminutives boecskin, boekelkin; or instead a native French derivation from the Middle Dutch simplex (ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bōks (“book”)) + -in. Compare English book and -kin.

Noun

bouquin m (plural bouquins)

  1. old, worn-out book
  2. (colloquial) any book
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle French boucquin (“old he-goat”). By surface analysis, bouc (“he-goat”) +‎ -in.

Noun

bouquin m (plural bouquins, feminine hase)

  1. buck (male hare or rabbit)

Etymology 3

Inherited from Middle French bouquin (“mouthpiece of a hunting horn”), ultimately from Latin bucca (“mouth”), whence French bouche. Perhaps through the Norman cognate form bouque + -in. Alternatively borrowed from Italian bocchino or Venetan bochin.

Noun

bouquin m (plural bouquins)

  1. mouthpiece of a pipe

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