bamboche

bamboche

See also: bamboché

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑ̃.bɔʃ/

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• Homophones: bambochent, bamboches
• Rhymes: -ɔʃ

Etymology 1

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

Noun

bamboche f (plural bamboches)

1. (dated) large marionette

   Synonyms: marionnette, fantoche, pantin

2. (by extension, derogatory) small person

Etymology 2

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.

Noun

bamboche f (plural bamboches)

1. (colloquial) feast

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

   faire bombance ― to party, to make merry

Etymology 3

From bambou (“bamboo”) +‎ -oche.

Noun

bamboche f (plural bamboches) (dated)

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

Etymology 4

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

Noun

bamboche f (plural bamboches) (rare)

1. trick, cheat, deception

   Synonym: tromperie

2. joke

   Synonym: plaisanterie

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bamboche

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

References

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