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buisson

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English

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Etymology

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From French buisson.

Noun

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buisson (plural buissons)

  1. A fruit tree trained on a low stem, the branches closely pruned.

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French, from Old French buison, buisson, boissun (stand of wild shrubs), diminutive of Old French bois, bosc (area planted with trees), from Frankish *bosk, *busk (bush), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (bush, thicket).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bɥi.sɔ̃/
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Noun

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buisson m (plural buissons)

  1. bush

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Old French

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Noun

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buisson oblique singularm (oblique plural buissons, nominative singular buissons, nominative plural buisson)

  1. Alternative form of buison