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beaucoup

beaucoup

English

Alternative forms

  • bookoo

Determiner

beaucoup

  1. (US) much, many, a lot of.

Noun

beaucoup (plural beaucoups)

  1. An abundance

Adverb

beaucoup (not comparable)

  1. In abundance.

French

Etymology

From Old French biau cop, first attested circa 1210.[1] Equivalent to beau (nice, beautiful) + coup (hit, strike). The latter word also means “helping of soup or beverage”, first attested circa 1375, which sense may have triggered or reinforced beaucoup to mean “a lot”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bo.ku/

Adverb

beaucoup

  1. much, very much, a lot
    Merci beaucoup!
    Thank you very much!

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See also

References

  1. Claude Buridant Grammaire nouvelle de l'ancien français, 2000. ISBN 2718192658