bêche-de-mer
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See also: Bêche-de-Mer
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from French bêche-de-mer.
Noun
[edit]bêche-de-mer (plural bêches-de-mer)
- Synonym of sea cucumber.
- 2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins, published 2021, page 18:
- The Hunter had called in at Fiji to collect sandalwood and bêche de mer on a voyage between Calcutta and New South Wales.
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Calque of Portuguese bicho-do-mar (“sea worm”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bêche-de-mer f (plural bêches-de-mer)
- sea cucumber
- Synonyms: concombre de mer, holothurie
Descendants
[edit]- → English: bêche-de-mer
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