Bouquet - Wiktionary

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English

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Porcelain bouquet, from c. 1760

Etymology

[edit] Etymology treeProto-Germanic *buskazFrankish *buskbor.Early Medieval Latin boscusOld French boisder.Old French bochetFrench bouquetubor.English bouquet

Unadapted borrowing from French bouquet, from Old French bochet, from bois, from Early Medieval Latin boscus (grove), borrowed from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz. Doublet of bosket.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /buːˈkeɪ/, (Indic) /ˈbʊ.ke/
    • Audio (US):(file)
  • (spelling pronunciation) IPA(key): /boʊˈkeɪ/, (Indic) /ˈbɵ.ke/
  • Rhymes: -eɪ

Noun

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bouquet (plural bouquets)

  1. A bunch of cut flowers. For my birthday I received two bouquets.
  2. A decoratively arranged bunch of something. Each table was adorned with a bouquet of giant balloons.
    • 2005, Mildred M. Jeffrey, Walking the Cliffs, page 10:Aunt Cass rearranged the bouquet of spoons in the little vase on the table.
  3. The scent of a particular wine. This Bordeaux has an interesting bouquet.
  4. The middle note of a perfume. The remarkable flower bouquet lasts for hours until it dissolves into a sweet vanilla smell.
  5. A compliment or expression of praise.
    • 1977 August 20, Robert Etherington, “John Horne Burns and His Enemies”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 7, page 10:Since his early death in 1953, a cult, small and select, has grown up around him []. This coterie maintains that Burns was a writer of near transcendent genius [] whose first novel received enormous bouquets from the critics but who was hounded to death by those same critics when they learned he was a fag.
  6. (mathematics) A bouquet of circles.
  7. (card games) The reserve of cards in the game of Flower Garden and variations.
  8. (cartomancy) The ninth Lenormand card, sometimes called Flowers instead.

Derived terms

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  • bouquetlike
  • bouquet of circles
  • bouquet of spheres
  • bouquets and brickbats
  • fruit bouquet
  • kitchen bouquet
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  • ambush
  • bush

Translations

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  • Afrikaans: ruiker, boeket (af), handruiker
  • Albanian: buqetë (sq) f
  • Arabic: بَاقَة f (bāqa), بَاقَة زُهُور f (bāqat zuhūr)
  • Armenian: ծաղկեփունջ (hy) (caġkepʻunǰ)
  • Azerbaijani: gül dəstəsi, dəstə (az)
  • Belarusian: буке́т m (bukjét)
  • Bengali: কুসুমস্তবক (bn) (kuśumostobok)
  • Bulgarian: буке́т (bg) m (bukét), ки́тка (bg) f (kítka)
  • Burmese: ပန်းစည်း (my) (pan:cany:)
  • Catalan: ram (ca) m, ramell (ca) m, pom (ca) m, toia (ca) f
  • Chinese: Mandarin: 花束 (zh) (huāshù)
  • Czech: kytice (cs) f, pugét m
  • Danish: buket (da) c
  • Dutch: boeket (nl) n or m, ruiker (nl) m, bos (nl) m
  • Esperanto: bukedo (eo)
  • Estonian: bukett, kimp
  • Faroese: blómutyssi n
  • Finnish: kukkakimppu (fi)
  • French: bouquet (fr) m
  • Friulian: mac m
  • Georgian: თაიგული (taiguli)
  • German: Blumenstrauß (de) m, Bouquet (de) n
  • Greek: ανθοδέσμη (el) f (anthodésmi)
  • Hebrew: זֵר (he) m (zer), זר פרחים m (zer p'rakhím), צְרוֹר (he) m (tzror)
  • Hindi: गुलदस्ता (hi) m (guldastā), पुष्पगुच्छ m (puṣpagucch)
  • Hungarian: virágcsokor (hu), csokor (hu)
  • Icelandic: blómvöndur (is) m
  • Ido: buketo (io)
  • Indonesian: buket (id)
  • Ingrian: kukkakimppu
  • Italian: mazzo (it) m
  • Japanese: 花束 (ja) (はなたば, hanataba), ブーケ (ja) (būke)
  • Kazakh: байлам (bailam), гүлшоқ (gülşoq)
  • Khmer: ភួង (km) (phuəng), កណ្ដាប់ (km) (kɑndap)
  • Korean: 꽃다발 (ko) (kkotdabal), 부케 (buke), 화속(花束) (hwasok)
  • Kyrgyz: букет (ky) (buket), гүлдесте (ky) (güldeste)
  • Ladin: maz de ciofes m
  • Ladino: demet m
  • Lao: ຊໍ່ (), ພົ້ວ (phūa), ຮົດ (hot), ມາລາ (mā lā)
  • Latvian: pušķis m
  • Ligurian: màsso m
  • Lithuanian: puokštė f
  • Livonian: kimp
  • Macedonian: буке́т m (bukét), китка f (kitka)
  • Malay: jambak (ms)
  • Marathi: पुष्पगुच्छ m (puṣpaguccha)
  • Mongolian: Cyrillic: баглаа (mn) (baglaa), цоморлог (mn) (comorlog)
  • Naga: Khiamniungan Naga: tāupūo kîe, tāupūo kîe
  • Nepali: गुलदस्ता (ne) (guladastā)
  • Norwegian: Bokmål: bukett m
  • Nǀuu: please add this translation if you can
  • Pashto: ګلدسته f (gwəldastá)
  • Persian: Iranian Persian: دَسْتِه‌گُل (daste-gol), گُلْدَسْتِه (goldaste)
  • Piedmontese: please add this translation if you can
  • Polish: bukiet (pl) m, wiązanka (pl) f
  • Portuguese: buquê (pt), bouquet (pt) m, ramo (pt) m
  • Romanian: buchet (ro) n
  • Russian: буке́т (ru) m (bukét)
  • Sanskrit: गुच्छ (sa) m (guccha)
  • Scots: flour
  • Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: бу̀ке̄т m Latin: bùkēt (sh) m
  • Slovak: kytica f, buket m
  • Slovene: šopek (sl) m
  • Spanish: ramo (es) m, ramita f, buqué (es) m
  • Sranan Tongo: boketi
  • Swedish: bukett (sv) c
  • Tagalog: kalangi
  • Tajik: гулдаста (guldasta), дастаи гул (dasta-yi gul)
  • Tamil: பூச்செண்டு (ta) (pūcceṇṭu)
  • Thai: ช่อ (th) (chɔ̂ɔ), พเยีย (th) (pá-yiia)
  • Turkish: buket (tr), demet (tr)
  • Turkmen: desse, gül desseçi
  • Ukrainian: буке́т (uk) m (bukét), ки́тиця f (kýtycja)
  • Urdu: گُلْدَسْتَہ m (guldasta), گُل دَسْتَہ m (gul dasta)
  • Uyghur: گۈلدەستە (güldeste)
  • Uzbek: buket (uz), guldasta (uz)
  • Vietnamese: bó hoa
  • Volapük: flored (vo)
  • Walloon: please add this translation if you can
  • Welsh: tusw m, pwysi m
  • Yiddish: בוקעט m (buket)
scent of wine
  • Arabic: شَذًى m (šaḏan), شَذًا m (šaḏan)
  • Bulgarian: буке́т (bg) m (bukét)
  • Catalan: aroma (ca) f, buquet m
  • Chinese: Mandarin: 酒香 (jiǔxiāng), 芳香 (zh) (fāngxiāng)
  • Czech: buket (cs) m
  • Danish: bouquet (da) c
  • Dutch: bouquet (nl) n
  • Esperanto: bukedo (eo)
  • Finnish: bukee (fi), bouquet (fi)
  • French: bouquet (fr) m
  • German: Bouquet (de) n
  • Hungarian: buké (hu)
  • Icelandic: vínilmur m
  • Irish: cumhracht f
  • Italian: profumo (it) m, fragranza (it) f, aroma (it) m
  • Japanese: 香り (ja) (かおり, kaori)
  • Māori: kakara
  • Portuguese: buquê (pt) m
  • Romanian: buchet (ro) n, aromă (ro) f
  • Russian: буке́т (ru) m (bukét)
  • Spanish: aroma (es) m, buqué (es) m
  • Welsh: persawr (cy) m

See also

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  • bouquet garni
  • nosegay
  • corsage
  • posy

Danish

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Etymology

[edit] Etymology treeProto-Germanic *buskazFrankish *buskbor.Early Medieval Latin boscusOld French boisder.Old French bochetFrench bouquetubor.Danish bouquet

Unadapted borrowing from French bouquet, from Old French bochet, from bois, from Early Medieval Latin boscus (grove), borrowed from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bukɛ/, [b̥uˈkʰɛ] or IPA(key): /buke/, [b̥uˈkʰe]

Noun

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bouquet c (singular definite bouqueten or bouquet'en, not used in plural form)

  1. bouquet (scent of wine)
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  • buket

Further reading

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  • “bouquet” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

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Alternative forms

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  • boeket

Etymology

[edit] Etymology treeProto-Germanic *buskazFrankish *buskbor.Early Medieval Latin boscusOld French boisder.Old French bochetFrench bouquetubor.Dutch bouquet

Unadapted borrowing from French bouquet, from Old French bochet, from bois, from Early Medieval Latin boscus (grove), borrowed from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /buˈkɛ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: bou‧quet

Noun

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bouquet n (plural bouquets, diminutive bouquetje n)

  1. aroma, bouquet (scent of wine)

Derived terms

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  • bouquet garni
  • bouquetreeks
  • bouquetroman

Further reading

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  • “bouquet” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

Finnish

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Etymology

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< French bouquet

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbukeː/, [ˈbuk̟e̞ː]
  • IPA(key): /buˈkeː/
  • Rhymes: -ukeː

Noun

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bouquet

  1. bouquet (scent of wine)

Declension

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Inflection of bouquet (Kotus type 22/parfait, no gradation)
nominative bouquet bouquet’t
genitive bouquet’n bouquet’idenbouquet’itten
partitive bouquet’ta bouquet’ita
illative bouquet’hen bouquet’ihin
singular plural
nominative bouquet bouquet’t
accusative nom. bouquet bouquet’t
gen. bouquet’n
genitive bouquet’n bouquet’idenbouquet’itten
partitive bouquet’ta bouquet’ita
inessive bouquet’ssa bouquet’issa
elative bouquet’sta bouquet’ista
illative bouquet’hen bouquet’ihin
adessive bouquet’lla bouquet’illa
ablative bouquet’lta bouquet’ilta
allative bouquet’lle bouquet’ille
essive bouquet’na bouquet’ina
translative bouquet’ksi bouquet’iksi
abessive bouquet’tta bouquet’itta
instructive bouquet’in
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of bouquet (Kotus type 22/parfait, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative bouquet’ni bouquet’ni
accusative nom. bouquet’ni bouquet’ni
gen. bouquet’ni
genitive bouquet’ni bouquet’idenibouquet’itteni
partitive bouquet’tani bouquet’itani
inessive bouquet’ssani bouquet’issani
elative bouquet’stani bouquet’istani
illative bouquet’heni bouquet’ihini
adessive bouquet’llani bouquet’illani
ablative bouquet’ltani bouquet’iltani
allative bouquet’lleni bouquet’illeni
essive bouquet’nani bouquet’inani
translative bouquet’kseni bouquet’ikseni
abessive bouquet’ttani bouquet’ittani
instructive
comitative bouquet’ineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative bouquet’si bouquet’si
accusative nom. bouquet’si bouquet’si
gen. bouquet’si
genitive bouquet’si bouquet’idesibouquet’ittesi
partitive bouquet’tasi bouquet’itasi
inessive bouquet’ssasi bouquet’issasi
elative bouquet’stasi bouquet’istasi
illative bouquet’hesi bouquet’ihisi
adessive bouquet’llasi bouquet’illasi
ablative bouquet’ltasi bouquet’iltasi
allative bouquet’llesi bouquet’illesi
essive bouquet’nasi bouquet’inasi
translative bouquet’ksesi bouquet’iksesi
abessive bouquet’ttasi bouquet’ittasi
instructive
comitative bouquet’inesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative bouquet’mme bouquet’mme
accusative nom. bouquet’mme bouquet’mme
gen. bouquet’mme
genitive bouquet’mme bouquet’idemmebouquet’ittemme
partitive bouquet’tamme bouquet’itamme
inessive bouquet’ssamme bouquet’issamme
elative bouquet’stamme bouquet’istamme
illative bouquet’hemme bouquet’ihimme
adessive bouquet’llamme bouquet’illamme
ablative bouquet’ltamme bouquet’iltamme
allative bouquet’llemme bouquet’illemme
essive bouquet’namme bouquet’inamme
translative bouquet’ksemme bouquet’iksemme
abessive bouquet’ttamme bouquet’ittamme
instructive
comitative bouquet’inemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative bouquet’nne bouquet’nne
accusative nom. bouquet’nne bouquet’nne
gen. bouquet’nne
genitive bouquet’nne bouquet’idennebouquet’ittenne
partitive bouquet’tanne bouquet’itanne
inessive bouquet’ssanne bouquet’issanne
elative bouquet’stanne bouquet’istanne
illative bouquet’henne bouquet’ihinne
adessive bouquet’llanne bouquet’illanne
ablative bouquet’ltanne bouquet’iltanne
allative bouquet’llenne bouquet’illenne
essive bouquet’nanne bouquet’inanne
translative bouquet’ksenne bouquet’iksenne
abessive bouquet’ttanne bouquet’ittanne
instructive
comitative bouquet’inenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative bouquet’nsa bouquet’nsa
accusative nom. bouquet’nsa bouquet’nsa
gen. bouquet’nsa
genitive bouquet’nsa bouquet’idensabouquet’ittensa
partitive bouquet’taanbouquet’tansa bouquet’itaanbouquet’itansa
inessive bouquet’ssaanbouquet’ssansa bouquet’issaanbouquet’issansa
elative bouquet’staanbouquet’stansa bouquet’istaanbouquet’istansa
illative bouquet’hensa bouquet’ihinsa
adessive bouquet’llaanbouquet’llansa bouquet’illaanbouquet’illansa
ablative bouquet’ltaanbouquet’ltansa bouquet’iltaanbouquet’iltansa
allative bouquet’lleenbouquet’llensa bouquet’illeenbouquet’illensa
essive bouquet’naanbouquet’nansa bouquet’inaanbouquet’inansa
translative bouquet’kseenbouquet’ksensa bouquet’ikseenbouquet’iksensa
abessive bouquet’ttaanbouquet’ttansa bouquet’ittaanbouquet’ittansa
instructive
comitative bouquet’ineenbouquet’inensa

French

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Etymology

[edit] Etymology treeProto-Germanic *buskazFrankish *buskbor.Early Medieval Latin boscusOld French boisder.Old French bochetFrench bouquet

Inherited from Old French bochet, from bois, from Early Medieval Latin boscus (grove), borrowed from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bu.kɛ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Audio (France (Agen)):(file)
  • Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)):(file)
  • Audio (France (Toulouse)):(file)
  • Audio (France (Vosges)):(file)
  • Audio (France (Vosges)):(file)
  • Audio (France (Lyon)):(file)
  • Audio (France (Somain)):(file)

Noun

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bouquet m (plural bouquets)

  1. bouquet, bunch
  2. a set or selection of something
  3. a group of trees forming a grove
  4. aroma, bouquet (scent of wine)

Derived terms

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  • bouquet garni

Descendants

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  • Arabic: بَاقَة (bāqa)
  • Azerbaijani: buket
  • Catalan: buquet
  • Czech: buket
  • Danish: buket, bouquet
  • English: bouquet
  • Esperanto: bukedo
  • Finnish: bukee
  • German: Bouquet
  • Greek: μπουκέτο (boukéto)
  • Japanese: ブーケ (būke)
  • Macedonian: букет (buket)
  • Maltese: bukkett
  • Norwegian: bukett
  • Polish: bukiet
  • Portuguese: buquê, bouquet (unadapted form)
  • Romanian: buchet
  • Russian: буке́т (bukét)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    • Latin script: bùkēt
    • Cyrillic script: бу̀ке̄т
  • Spanish: buqué
  • Swedish: bukett
  • Turkish: buket

Further reading

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  • “bouquet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Italian

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Alternative forms

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  • buchè, bucchè (adapted)
  • bochè, bocchè (regional or archaic)
  • bocchetto (rare, obsolete)

Etymology

[edit] Etymology treeProto-Germanic *buskazFrankish *buskbor.Early Medieval Latin boscusOld French boisder.Old French bochetFrench bouquetubor.Italian bouquet

Unadapted borrowing from French bouquet. Doublet of boschetto.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /buˈkɛ/*, /buˈke/*
  • Rhymes: , -e

Noun

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bouquet m (invariable)

  1. bouquet (bundle of flowers) Synonym: mazzo
  2. bouquet (scent of wine) Synonym: aroma
  3. mixture of essential oils dissolved in alcohol

References

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  • bouquet in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • bouquet in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

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Etymology

[edit] Etymology treeProto-Germanic *buskazFrankish *buskbor.Early Medieval Latin boscusOld French boisder.Old French bochetFrench bouquetubor.Portuguese bouquet

Unadapted borrowing from French bouquet, from Old French bochet, from bois, from Early Medieval Latin boscus (grove), borrowed from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.

Noun

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bouquet m (plural bouquets)

  1. alternative form of buquê

Further reading

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  • “bouquet”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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