Feminin

bique

(Englisch)

  1. (colloquial, feminine) she-goat
  2. (feminine) female horse, mare
  3. (derogatory, feminine) bat, bag, witch (old woman)

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Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/bik/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

Inherited from Middle French bique, originally dialectal (northern France), of obscure origin. Likely of North Germanic origin related to Icelandic bikkja (“old mare, nag”). Compare Norman biche (“goat", also "drunken woman”).

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