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feminine

/buʃ/

#907 of 5,000 Core 1000

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 .

She has thin lips and a charming smile.

Cette .

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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This word is part of lesson 19.