bourrache
French
Etymology
From Old French bourrache, from Medieval Latin borāgō or borrago, either from Latin borra (“short wool, rough hair”) or Arabic أَبُو العَرَق (ʾabū l-ʿaraq, literally “father of sweat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bu.ʁaʃ/
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Noun
bourrache f (plural bourraches)
- (botany) borage (Borago officinalis)
Further reading
- bourrache on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
- “bourrache”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.