bilboquet

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French bilboquet.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): [ˌbɪɫ.bəˈcʰɛːʔ]
• Hyphenation: bil‧​bo‧quet

Noun

bilboquet (countable and uncountable, plural bilboquets)

1. (countable) A traditional children's toy consisting of a wooden cup with a handle, and a ball attached to the cup by a string.

   Synonym: cup-and-ball

2. (uncountable) The game in which the player attempts to catch the ball in the cup of such a toy.

Translations

cup-and-ball — see cup-and-ball

See also

• kendama

French

Etymology

The first element perhaps an imperative form of Middle French biller (“to play boules”), the second a diminutive of either bouc (“goat”) or Middle French bouque (“boule”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bil.bɔ.kɛ/

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Noun

bilboquet m (plural bilboquets)

1. bilboquet

Descendants

• → English: bilboquet
• → Polish: bilbokiet
• → Portuguese: bilboquê

Further reading

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