caboche
French edit
Etymology edit
From the Norman/Picard dialect, from Old Northern French, equivalent to the Old French caboce.
Compare the English cabbage ultimately of the same origin. Compare also Italian caboccia, capoccia, Spanish cabeza, possibly ultimately from a derivative Latin caput.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
caboche f (plural caboches)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “caboche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman caboche; further origin is disputed.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
caboche (plural caboches)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “caboche, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-12.
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Old Northern French caboce.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Noun edit
caboche f (plural caboches)
Old French edit
Etymology edit
First known attestation of this spelling in the 13th century,[1] northern variant of caboce, where -ch- replaces -c-.
Noun edit
caboche oblique singular, f (oblique plural caboches, nominative singular caboche, nominative plural caboches)
- (Picardy, Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of caboce
References edit
- ^ Etymology and history of “caboche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.