buisson

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French buisson.

Noun

buisson (plural buissons)

1. A fruit tree trained on a low stem, the branches closely pruned.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French buisson, from Old French buison, buisson, boissun (“stand of wild shrubs”), diminutive of Old French bois, bosc (“area planted with trees”), from Frankish *bosk, *busk (“bush”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, thicket”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɥi.sɔ̃/

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Noun

buisson m (plural buissons)

1. bush
2. brush, thicket (wild vegetation)

Derived terms

• faire buisson creux

Related terms

• bois

Further reading

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

Old French

Noun

buisson oblique singular, m (oblique plural buissons, nominative singular buissons, nominative plural buisson)

1. alternative form of buison