bamboche

== English == === Etymology === From French bamboche. === Noun === bamboche (plural bamboches) A Haitian dance party. == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɑ̃.bɔʃ/ Homophones: bambochent, bamboches Rhymes: -ɔʃ === Etymology 1 === First attested in the 17th century. From Italian bamboccio. ==== Noun ==== bamboche f (plural bamboches) (dated) large marionette Synonyms: marionnette, fantoche, pantin (by extension, derogatory) small person === Etymology 2 === Back-formation from bambochade, likely under the influence of débauche (“debauchery”), and possibly also bidoche (“meat”), médianoche (“midnight meal”). By surface analysis, deverbal from bambocher. ==== Noun ==== bamboche f (plural bamboches) (colloquial) feast Synonyms: bombance, ripaille, bringue, nouba, festin, noce faire bombance ― to party, to make merry === Etymology 3 === From bambou (“bamboo”) +‎ -oche. ==== Noun ==== bamboche f (plural bamboches) (dated) bamboo stalk used to make canes knotty cane of bamboo === Etymology 4 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Noun ==== bamboche f (plural bamboches) (rare) trick, cheat, deception Synonym: tromperie joke Synonym: plaisanterie === Etymology 5 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== bamboche inflection of bambocher: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === References === “bamboche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012