la
feminine
/buʃ/
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Translation
mouth
Word origin
From Latin bucca ('cheek', and in late usage 'mouth'), which displaced the classical os. The Latin root survives in the English borrowings buccal and debouch.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- bucca
- English cognates
- buccal, debouch
Grammar
Genderfeminine
Pluralbouches
Examples
.
Don't talk with your mouth full at the table.
fine charmant.
She has thin lips and a charming smile.
.
This news is on everyone's lips.
' .
He opened his mouth but no sound came out.
, .
Open your mouth, the doctor is going to look.
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