besoin
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French, Old French besoing; can be seen as a masculine variant of besogne, from Old French besonge, from Old Frankish *bisunnija, from *sunnijōn (“to look after”) (whence soigner), possibly through a Vulgar Latin intermediate *bisonium. Compare Italian bisogno.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
besoin m (plural besoins)
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
- au besoin
- avoir besoin de
- dans le besoin
- faire ses besoins
- si besoin est
- s'il est besoin
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “besoin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Louisiana Creole edit
Etymology edit
From French besoin (“need”), compare Haitian Creole bezwen.
Verb edit
besoin
- to need
References edit
- Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales