bouquiniste

French

Antique bookseller's shop in Paris

Etymology

From bouquin +‎ -iste.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bu.ki.nist/
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Noun

bouquiniste m or f by sense (plural bouquinistes)

antique bookseller, secondhand bookshop, used-book store (seller of old and used books)

Descendants

→ Belarusian: букіні́ст (bukiníst)
→ Romanian: buchinist
→ Russian: букини́ст (bukiníst)
→ Ukrainian: букіні́ст (bukiníst)

Further reading

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

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