embûche

See also: embuche, embuché, and embûché

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French enbusque, from Old French embuschier (“to ambush”), from Vulgar Latin *imboscō, from in + boscus (“wood, woods”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.byʃ/

Noun

embûche f (plural embûches)

1. (usually in the plural) ambush (concealment in order to attack or harm someone by surprise)
2. (figurative) trap

   un parcours semé d’embûches

   a course riddled with traps

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with embuscade.

Alternative forms

• embuche (post-1990 spelling)

Related terms

• embûchement
• embûcher

Verb

embûche

1. inflection of embûcher:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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