bûche

See also: buche, Buche, buché, and bûché

French

Alternative forms

• buche (post-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French busche, from Old French busche (“piece of wood to be burned”), from Vulgar Latin *busca, from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz. More at bush.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /byʃ/

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Noun

bûche f (plural bûches)

1. log

Derived terms

• bûche de Noël
• bûcheron
• bûchette

Further reading

• “bûche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.