bêche-de-mer

== English == === Alternative forms === bêche de mer === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French bêche-de-mer. === Noun === bêche-de-mer (plural bêches-de-mer) Synonym of sea cucumber. == French == === Etymology === Calque of Portuguese bicho-do-mar (“sea worm”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɛʃ.də.mɛʁ/ === Noun === bêche-de-mer f (plural bêches-de-mer) sea cucumber Synonyms: concombre de mer, holothurie ==== Descendants ==== → English: bêche-de-mer