boschet

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Early Medieval Latin boscus, a 'vulgar' borrowing of Frankish *busk, suffixed with -et (diminutive ending). Not the source of French bosquet, which is a later borrowing, probably from Occitan,[1] albeit cognate morpheme-by-morpheme.

Noun

boschet oblique singular, m (oblique plural boschez or boschetz, nominative singular boschez or boschetz, nominative plural boschet)

  1. wood (area filled with trees)

Descendants

  • French: bochet (regional)

References

  1. bosquet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French bosquet. Compare Italian boschetto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bosˈket/

Noun

boschet n (plural boschete)

  1. bosket, thicket

Declension

Derived terms

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