bouche
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /buːʃ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Etymology 1
[edit]From French bouche (“mouth, victuals”). Doublet of bocca.
Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]bouche (plural bouches)
- (historical and in heraldry) A slit, notch or opening in the edge of a (physical or heraldic) shield, through which the bearer's lance or sword could be used or in which it could be rested.
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]bouche (third-person singular simple present bouches, present participle bouching, simple past and past participle bouched)
- Alternative form of bush (to line)
Noun
[edit]bouche (plural bouches)
- Alternative form of bush (a lining)
See also
[edit]French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Middle French bouche, from Old French boche, buche, from Latin bucca. Doublet of bouque.
Noun
[edit]bouche f (plural bouches)
Derived terms
[edit]- à bouche que veux-tu
- amuse-bouche
- arracher les mots de la bouche
- bain de bouche
- bouche à feu
- bouche à incendie
- bouche à oreille
- bouche à pipes
- bouche bée
- bouche d’incendie
- boucher
- de bouche
- embouchure
- faire la fine bouche
- métier de bouche
- mettre l’eau à la bouche
- mise en bouche
- motus et bouche cousue
- né avec une cuillère d’argent dans la bouche
- né avec une cuillère en argent dans la bouche
- tourner sa langue sept fois dans sa bouche
- tourner sept fois sa langue dans sa bouche
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]bouche
- inflection of boucher:
Further reading
[edit]- “bouche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French boche, buche, from Latin bucca.
Noun
[edit]bouche f (plural bouches)
Descendants
[edit]- French: bouche
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