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)
- (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.