beaupré

Borrowed from Middle Dutch boechspriet (Modern Dutch boegspriet). Further reading below gives another etymology which might be more relevant as establishing word roots to older references.

• IPA^(key): /bo.pʁe/

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beaupré m (plural beauprés)

1. (nautical) bowsprit

• → Catalan: bauprès
• → Spanish: bauprés

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