bouquet

Borrowed from French bouquet. Doublet of bosket.

• IPA^(key): /boʊˈkeɪ/, /buˈkeɪ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪ

bouquet (plural bouquets)

1. A bunch of cut flowers.

   For my birthday I received two bouquets.

2. A decoratively arranged bunch of something.

   Each table was adorned with a bouquet of giant balloons.

3. The scent of a particular wine.

   This Bordeaux has an interesting bouquet.

4. The heart note of a perfume.

   The remarkable flower bouquet lasts for hours until it dissolves into a sweet vanilla smell.

5. A compliment or expression of praise.
6. (mathematics) A bouquet of circles.
7. (card games) The reserve of cards in the game of Flower Garden and variations.
8. (cartomancy) The ninth Lenormand card, sometimes called Flowers instead.

• bouquet garni
• nosegay
• corsage
• posy

Borrowed from French bouquet.

• IPA^(key): /bukɛ/, [b̥uˈkʰɛ] or IPA^(key): /buke/, [b̥uˈkʰe]

bouquet c (singular definite bouqueten or bouquet'en, not used in plural form)

1. bouquet (scent of wine)

• buket

• “bouquet” in Den Danske Ordbog

• boeket

Borrowed from French bouquet.

• IPA^(key): /buˈkɛ/

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• Hyphenation: bou‧quet

bouquet n (plural bouquets, diminutive bouquetje n)

1. aroma, bouquet (scent of wine)

• bouquet garni
• bouquetreeks
• bouquetroman

• “bouquet” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

Inherited from Old French bochet, from bois (“woods”), from Medieval Latin boscus (“grove”), from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, thicket”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to grow”).

• IPA^(key): /bu.kɛ/

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bouquet m (plural bouquets)

1. bouquet, bunch
2. a set or selection of something
3. aroma, bouquet (scent of wine)

• bouquet garni

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

Unadapted borrowing from French bouquet.

bouquet m (plural bouquets)

1. Alternative form of buquê