bouquin

== French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bu.kɛ̃/ === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Middle French boucquain (“old book of little esteem”), from a derivative of Middle Dutch boec (“book”). Either from an unrecorded Middle Dutch *boekijn, a possible variant of the usual interfixed diminutives boecskin, boekelkin; or instead a native French derivation from the Middle Dutch simplex (ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bōks (“book”)) + -in. Compare English book and -kin. ==== Noun ==== bouquin m (plural bouquins) old, worn-out book (colloquial) any book ===== Derived terms ===== bouquiner bouquiniste === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Middle French boucquin (“old he-goat”). By surface analysis, bouc (“he-goat”) +‎ -in. ==== Noun ==== bouquin m (plural bouquins, feminine hase) buck (male hare or rabbit) === Etymology 3 === Inherited from Middle French bouquin (“mouthpiece of a hunting horn”), ultimately from Latin bucca (“mouth”), whence French bouche. Perhaps through the Norman cognate form bouque + -in. Alternatively borrowed from Italian bocchino or Venetan bochin. ==== Noun ==== bouquin m (plural bouquins) mouthpiece of a pipe === Further reading === “bouquin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012