boucharde

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French, of Germanic origin, from or related to German pochen (“to thump”) + -ard.

Pronunciation

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Noun

boucharde f (plural bouchardes)

1. a bush hammer
2. a granulating roller used to add marking to cement

Descendants

• → Galician: buxarda
• → Italian: bocciarda
• → Portuguese: bujarda
• → Spanish: bujarda

Further reading

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