bichon

(Inglese)

1. (masculine) bichon
2. (masculine) lapdog

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/bi.ʃɔ̃/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da francese medio: bichon

Affine norse antico: bikkja

Affine tedesco: Betze

In summary

Inherited from Middle French bichon (“small long-haired dog”), from Old French biche (“bitch, female dog”), from Old English biċċe (“female dog”), from Proto-West Germanic *bikkjā, from Proto-Germanic *bikjǭ (“female dog, bitch”). Cognate with Old Norse bikkja (“female dog”), German Betze (“female dog”).
Alternative etymology derives through clipping of barbichon (“small poodle”), a diminutive of barbiche (“shaggy dog”), however, chronology makes this derivation improbable if not impossible, as bichon is attested since 1588, yet barbichon does not appear until 1694.

Concetti

cagnolino

cagnolino da salotto

sinonimi

chien-chien

bichonne

Traduzioni

Schoßhund

Schoßhündchen

lapdog

bichon

pies pokojowy

kanapowiec

cão de colo

gos de falda

bichón

Bichon

σκυλάκι

toy dog