bouchon

Antillean Creole

Etymology

From French bouchon.

Noun

bouchon

1. cork; lid; bottle cap

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French bouchon (“bundle of hemp or foliage, oakum”), from bousche (“handful of straw, bundle of twigs”), from Vulgar Latin bosca (“brush, bundle of branches”), from Frankish *bosc (“bush”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush”). More at bush.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.ʃɔ̃/

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Noun

bouchon m (plural bouchons)

1. cork, bung, stopper, plug
2. float (in angling)
3. traffic jam

   Synonym: embouteillage

4. (computing) dongle
5. (small) restaurant
6. (colloquial) kid, mite, munchkin

Derived terms

• bouchon d’oreille (“earplug”)
• bouchonner
• pousser le bouchon
• tire-bouchon

Descendants

• Antillean Creole: bouchon
• → Portuguese: bujão

Further reading

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

Middle French

Noun

bouchon m (plural bouchons)

1. bundle
2. cork; stopper (for a bottle)

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (bouchon, supplement)