bouquin
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bu.kɛ̃/
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Etymology 1
From Middle French boucquain (“rare old book”), from Middle Dutch *boeckin, *boeckijn (“little book”), diminutive of Middle Dutch boec (“book”), (compare Middle Dutch boecskin, boekelkin). More at book, -kin.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Middle French boucquin (“old billy goat”), from bouc (“he-goat”) + -quin or -in.
Etymology 3
From Middle French bouquin (“mouth of a hunting horn”), perhaps ultimately from Latin bucca (“mouth”).
Further reading
- “bouquin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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