bouvier

== Finnish == === Etymology === < French bouvier === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbuʋiːr/, [ˈbuʋiːr] Rhymes: -uʋiːr === Noun === bouvier bouvier des Flandres (breed of dog) ==== Declension ==== == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French buvier, from Vulgar Latin, Late Latin bovārius (“cow herder”), from Latin bovārius (“of cattle”), from bos. This form may be semi-learned, and based on bœuf, or altered from the Old French boier. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bu.vje/ === Noun === bouvier m (plural bouviers, feminine bouvière) drover (person who drives cattle over long distances) herdsman, cattleman (man who raises or tends cattle) cattle dog (type of dog used for droving cattle) plowman (man who plows land with a plough) ==== Synonyms ==== vacher ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== chevrier === Further reading === “bouvier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012