gerboise
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First known attestation 1655 as ierbuah, from Maghrebi Arabic جَرْبُوع (jarbūʕ).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gerboise f (plural gerboises)
- jerboa
- Synonym: (obsolete) gerbo
- 1844 Georges-Louis Leclerc compte de Buffon, Œuvres complètes de Bouffon, tome IV, Paris, Furne et Cie
- La tête ressemble assez à celles des petites gerboises ; il y a des moustaches autour de la gueule et aux angles des yeux.
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Further reading
[edit]- “gerboise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.