buisson
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
buisson (plural buissons)
- A fruit tree trained on a low stem, the branches closely pruned.
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French, from Old French buison, buisson, boissun (“stand of wild shrubs”), diminutive of Old French bois, bosc (“area planted with trees”), from Frankish *bosk, *busk (“bush”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, thicket”). Equivalent to bois + -on.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
buisson m (plural buissons)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “buisson”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French edit
Noun edit
buisson oblique singular, m (oblique plural buissons, nominative singular buissons, nominative plural buisson)
- Alternative form of buison