trébuchet

== French == === Etymology === From Middle French trébuchet, from Old French trebuchet, trebuket (“a trap”), from trebuchier (“to overthrow, topple”), from tre- + *buchier, from Old French buc (“trunk of the body”), from Old Frankish *būk (“belly, trunk, torso”), from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, abdomen, trunk”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- (“to blow, swell”). Cognate with Old High German būh (“belly”), Old English būc (“belly, trunk”). More at bouk. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʁe.by.ʃɛ/ === Noun === trébuchet m (plural trébuchets) trebuchet === Further reading === “trébuchet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012