bouquetin

English

A bouquetin

Etymology

From French bouquetin.

Noun

bouquetin (plural bouquetins)

  1. ibex

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for bouquetin in
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)


French

Etymology

1240; from Old French boc estaign, metathesis of Judeo-French estainbouc, from Old High German steinbok.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buk.tɛ̃/

Noun

bouquetin m (plural bouquetins)

  1. alpine ibex (Capra ibex)

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