boef

Signification (Anglais)

1. (masculine) crook, thief, thug
2. (masculine) rascal, scamp

Concepts

bandit

brigand

scélérat

voleur

malfaiteur

canaille

fripouille

agresseur

cambrioleur

voleuse

forban

Genre

♂️ Masculin

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/buf/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle Dutch boef, boeve, bouve, from Old Dutch *buovo, from Proto-Germanic *bōbô, a reduplicated form of *bō- (“father, brother, male relative”).
Cognate with English bub, Pennsylvania Dutch Bub, German Bube, Icelandic bófi (“rogue, knave”). Related also to English babe, English boy.