béjaune
French
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editEtymology
editUniverbation of bec + jaune, literally “yellow beak”. The pronunciation /be/ represents the Middle French preconsonantal form, later displaced by the prevocalic/pausal pronunciation /bɛk/, but preserved in idioms (cf. bédane).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbéjaune m (plural béjaunes)
- greenhorn (inexperienced person)
Further reading
edit- “béjaune”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.