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masculine

/bu.ʃe/

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Translation

butcher

Word origin

From bouc ('billy goat'), a word of Gaulish origin. A boucher first meant the man who slaughtered goats, and only later any butcher. A separate verb boucher ('to block up') is spelled the same but comes from bouche ('mouth').

Origin: Gaulish
Root: bouc
English cognates: butcher

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralbouchers

Examples

The butcher cuts the meat in front of me.

She buys her chicken at the butcher's.

The butchers close on Mondays.

Lyon.

My uncle was a butcher in Lyon.

There are two butchers in the street.

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This word is part of lesson 52.