bûche
See also: buche, Buche, buché, and bûché
French
Alternative forms
- buche (post-1990 spelling)
Etymology
From Middle French busche, from Old French busche (“piece of wood to be burned”), from Vulgar Latin *busca, from Frankish *buska, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz. More at bush.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /byʃ/
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Noun
bûche f (plural bûches)
- log
Derived terms
- bûche de Noël
- bûcheron
- bûchette
Further reading
- “bûche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.