bique

Signification (Anglais)

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

Synonymes

chèvre

🐐

bouc

nounou

bonne d’enfant

Traductions

capra

🐐

cabra

Ziege

🐐

goat

🐐

bode

cabra

cabra

🐐

nanny-goat

keçi

🐐

κατσίκα

Geiß

🐐

Zicke

geit

🐐

capra

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/bik/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen français: bique

Appartenant à islandais: bikkja

Appartenant à Jèrriais: biche

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”).