bouchon
Antillean Creole
Etymology
From French bouchon.
Noun
bouchon
- cork; lid; bottle cap
French
Etymology
From Middle French bouchon (“bundle of hemp or foliage, oakum”), from bousche (“handful of straw, bundle of twigs”), from Vulgar Latin bosca (“brush, bundle of branches”), from Frankish *bosc (“bush”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush”). More at bush.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bu.ʃɔ̃/
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Noun
bouchon m (plural bouchons)
- cork, bung, stopper, plug
- float (in angling)
- traffic jam
- Synonym: embouteillage
- (computing) dongle
- (small) restaurant
- (colloquial) kid, mite, munchkin
Derived terms
- bouchon d'oreille (“earplug”)
- bouchonner
- pousser le bouchon
- tire-bouchon
Descendants
- Antillean Creole: bouchon
- → Portuguese: bujão
Further reading
- “bouchon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Noun
bouchon m (plural bouchons)
- bundle
- cork; stopper (for a bottle)
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (bouchon, supplement)