See also: besogné

Dutch Edit

Etymology Edit

From Middle Dutch besoenge, from Old French besoign.

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): /bəˈsɔnjə/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: be‧sog‧ne

Noun Edit

besogne f (plural besognes, diminutive besognetje n)

  1. everyday occupation, daily concern, daily business (that which occupies someone on an everyday basis)
    Synonym: beslommering

Franco-Provençal Edit

Noun Edit

besogne f (plural besognes)

  1. work

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French Edit

Etymology Edit

Inherited from Old French besonge, from Old Frankish *bisunnia (possibly through a Vulgar Latin *bisonium), from *sunnjon (look after) ( > soigner).

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

besogne f (plural besognes)

  1. work, job
    aller vite en besogneto be hasty, to get ahead of oneself

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