bouvier
See also: Bouvier
Finnish edit
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Noun edit
bouvier
- bouvier des Flandres (breed of dog)
Declension edit
Inflection of bouvier (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | bouvier | bouvierit | ||
genitive | bouvierin | bouvierien | ||
partitive | bouvieria | bouviereja | ||
illative | bouvieriin | bouviereihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | bouvier | bouvierit | ||
accusative | nom. | bouvier | bouvierit | |
gen. | bouvierin | |||
genitive | bouvierin | bouvierien | ||
partitive | bouvieria | bouviereja | ||
inessive | bouvierissa | bouviereissa | ||
elative | bouvierista | bouviereista | ||
illative | bouvieriin | bouviereihin | ||
adessive | bouvierilla | bouviereilla | ||
ablative | bouvierilta | bouviereilta | ||
allative | bouvierille | bouviereille | ||
essive | bouvierina | bouviereina | ||
translative | bouvieriksi | bouviereiksi | ||
abessive | bouvieritta | bouviereitta | ||
instructive | — | bouvierein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French buvier, from Vulgar Latin, Late Latin bovārius (“cow herder”), from Latin bovārius (“of cattle”), from bos. This form may be semi-learned, and based on bœuf, or altered from the Old French boier.
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Noun edit
bouvier m (plural bouviers, feminine bouvière)
- drover (person who drives cattle over long distances)
- herdsman, cattleman (man who raises or tends cattle)
- cattle dog (type of dog used for droving cattle)
- plowman (man who plows land with a plough)
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Further reading edit
- “bouvier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.