Feminine
bique
Meaning
- (colloquial, feminine) she-goat
- (feminine) female horse, mare
- (derogatory, feminine) bat, bag, witch (old woman)
Concepts
Translations
capra
cabra
Ziege
κατσίκα
cabra
keçi
cabra
bok
capraFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bik/
Etymology
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”).
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