bouc

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French bouc (“male goat”), from Old French buc (“male goat”), from Latin buccus, perhaps from the confluence of Frankish *bukk (“male goat”) (compare Old Dutch buck (“male goat”)), from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz, *bukkô (“male goat”), and Gaulish *bukkos (“male goat”) (compare Middle Breton bouch (“goat”), Old Cornish boch (“goat”), Old Irish boc (“buck”)), from Proto-Celtic *bukkos (“goat”), both from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuǵ- (“goat, buck, ram”). More at buck. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /buk/ === Noun === bouc m (plural boucs, feminine chèvre) billy goat goatee Synonym: barbiche f ==== Derived terms ==== bouc émissaire m boucher ==== References ==== === Further reading === “bouc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle Dutch == === Noun === bouc alternative spelling of boec == Middle French == === Etymology === Old French buc, boc; see above. === Noun === bouc m (plural boucs) male goat == Middle High German == === Etymology === From Old High German boug, from Proto-West Germanic *baug, from Proto-Germanic *baugaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈbou̯k/ === Noun === bouc m a ring a broach a chain, a necklace ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== German: Baug, Bauk Yiddish: בייגל (beygl) → English: bagel === References === Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “bouc”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel