Masculine

bouchon

  1. (masculine) cork, bung, stopper, plug
  2. (masculine) float (in angling)
  3. (masculine) traffic jam
  4. (masculine) dongle
  5. (masculine) restaurant
  6. (colloquial, masculine) kid, mite, munchkin

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bu.ʃɔ̃/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Middle French bouchon (“bundle of hemp or foliage, oakum”), from bousche (“handful of straw, bundle of twigs”), from Vulgar Latin bosca (“brush, bundle of branches”), from Frankish *bosc (“bush”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush”). More at bush.

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