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bouchon

bouchon

French

Noun

bouchon m ‎(plural bouchons)

  1. cork, bung, stopper, plug
  2. float (in angling)
  3. traffic jam
  4. (computing) dongle
  5. (small) restaurant
  6. (colloquial) kid, mite, munchkin

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Middle French

Noun

bouchon m (plural bouchons)

  1. bundle
  2. cork; stopper (for a bottle)

References

  • (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (bouchon, supplement)

Etymology

From Middle French bouchon ‎(“bundle of hemp or foliage, oakum”), from bousche ‎(“handful of straw, bundle of twigs”), from Vulgar Latin bosca ‎(“brush, bundle of branches”), from Frankish *bosc ‎(“bush”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz ‎(“bush”). More at bush.

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