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caboche

caboche

French

Noun

caboche f ‎(plural caboches)

  1. (colloquial, anatomy) head

Norman

Etymology

From Old Northern French [Term?] (compare Old French caboce), from ca- and a second element boce or bosse, of uncertain and disputed origin.

Pronunciation

Noun

caboche f ‎(plural caboches)

  1. cabbage

Old French

Etymology

First known attestation of this spelling in the 13th century[1], northern variant of caboce, where -ch- replaces -c-.

Noun

caboche f ‎(oblique plural caboches, nominative singular caboche, nominative plural caboches)

  1. (Picardy, Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of caboce

References

  1. ↑ “caboche” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

From the Norman/Picard dialect, from Old Northern French, equivalent to the Old French caboce, from ca- and a second element boce or bosse, of uncertain and disputed origin. Compare the English cabbage ultimately of the same origin. Compare also Italian caboccia, capoccia, possibly ultimately from a derivative Latin caput.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kabɔʃ/

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