bichon

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French bichon. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /biʃɔn/ === Noun === bichon (plural bichons) Any of a class of toy dogs with curly or wavy hair and long curled tails. (especially Canada, US) A Bichon Frisé. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === Bichon Frisé Bolognese Bolonka Coton de Tulear Havanese Löwchen Maltese === Further reading === bichon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French bichon (“small long-haired dog”), from Old French biche (“bitch, female dog”), from Old English biċċe (“female dog”), from Proto-West Germanic *bikkjā, from Proto-Germanic *bikjǭ (“female dog, bitch”). Cognate with Old Norse bikkja (“female dog”), German Betze (“female dog”). Alternative etymology derives through clipping of barbichon (“small poodle”), a diminutive of barbiche (“shaggy dog”), however, chronology makes this derivation improbable if not impossible, as bichon is attested since 1588, yet barbichon does not appear until 1694. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bi.ʃɔ̃/ === Noun === bichon m (plural bichons, feminine bichonne) bichon lapdog ==== Derived terms ==== bichon à poil frisé bichon maltais bichonner === Further reading === “bichon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012