beaupré

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Dutch boechspriet (Modern Dutch boegspriet). Further reading below gives another etymology which might be more relevant as establishing word roots to older references.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bo.pʁe/

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Noun

beaupré m (plural beauprés)

1. (nautical) bowsprit

Descendants

• → Catalan: bauprès
• → Spanish: bauprés

Further reading

• “beaupré”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.