bêche-de-mer
See also: Bêche-de-Mer
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French bêche-de-mer.
Noun edit
bêche-de-mer (plural bêches-de-mer)
- Synonym of sea cucumber
- 2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins, published 2021, page 18:
- The Hunter had called in at Fiji to collect sandalwood and bêche de mer on a voyage between Calcutta and New South Wales.
French edit
Etymology edit
Calque of Portuguese bicho-do-mar (“sea worm”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bêche-de-mer f (plural bêches-de-mer)
- sea cucumber
- Synonyms: concombre de mer, holothurie
Descendants edit
- → English: bêche-de-mer