Old French edit

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Etymology edit

From Early Medieval Latin boscus, a 'vulgar' borrowing of Frankish *busk, suffixed with -et (diminutive ending). Not the source of French bosquet, which is a later borrowing, probably from Occitan,[1] albeit cognate morpheme-by-morpheme.

Noun edit

boschet oblique singularm (oblique plural boschez or boschetz, nominative singular boschez or boschetz, nominative plural boschet)

  1. wood (area filled with trees)

Descendants edit

  • French: bochet (regional)

References edit

  1. ^ bosquet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French bosquet. Compare Italian boschetto.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

boschet n (plural boschete)

  1. bosket, thicket

Declension edit

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