English edit

 
A bouquetin

Etymology edit

From French bouquetin.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bouquetin (plural bouquetins)

  1. Alpine ibex (Capra ibex)

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French edit

Etymology edit

1240; from Old French boc estaign, metathesis of Judeo-French estainbouc, from Old High German steinbok. Not a diminutive formed from bouquet + -in.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /buk.tɛ̃/
  • (file)

Noun edit

bouquetin m (plural bouquetins)

  1. alpine ibex (Capra ibex)

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