biche

Meaning

Noun

1. doe, hind
2. doe, hind
3. darling, sweetheart (affectionate name for one's girlfriend)
4. cutie

Verb

1. inflection of bicher:
2. inflection of bicher:

Concepts

hind

doe

deer

🦌

antelope

pig

🐖

back

🔙

stag beetle

fallow deer

gazelle

hinder

Synonyms

daim

cochon

daine

dos

🔙

entraver

hase

lapine

lucane cerf-volant

antilope

doe

cerf-volant

gazelledomain:zool

Pronounced as (IPA)

/biʃ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: biche

Inherited from Old French: biche

Inherited from Latin: bēstia

Cognate with Middle French: bique

Cognate with Icelandic: bikkja

In summary

Inherited from Middle French biche, from Old French biche (“doe, female deer”) and bisse (“wild animal”), of uncertain origin and relation. The form bisse is almost certainly from Vulgar Latin bīstia, variant of Latin bēstia (compare bête); however, the contemporary biche is an enigma, and possibly unrelated. It may be the Picard or Norman form of bisse, (compare chent for cent) or may share origin with Middle French bique (“nanny-goat”), believed to be derived from Proto-Germanic *bik (“goat”) or perhaps related to Icelandic bikkja (“old mare, nag”). More at bouc.