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bouquet

/buːˈkeɪ/boo-KAY
/buˈkeɪ/boo-KAY

Meaningwood

Common meaning: arrangement of flowers

Journey through time

  1. Late Latinboscus‘wood’source
  2. Old Frenchbosquet‘small wood’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftssmall wood → arrangement of flowersbouquet‘arrangement of flowers’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Late Latin boscus ‘wood’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry BOUQUET, p. 72 · dictionary scan

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