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buse.

hawk or buzzard (genus Buteo)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/byz/
  1. hawk or buzzard (genus Buteo)

    feminine
  2. idiot, fool

    colloquial · feminine
  3. fail (fail of an exam, in school)

    Belgium · feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French buison, buson, from Latin būteōnem.

noun/byz/
  1. nozzle

    feminine
  2. pipe, conduit

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Probably from Old French busel, itself from Latin būcina with a change of suffix to -el. Or from a shortening of a hypothetical earlier *bu(i)sene. Cf. the related buisine, as well as the borrowed buccine.

verb/byz/
  1. inflection of buser: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person
  2. inflection of buser: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French buison, buson, from Latin būteōnem.

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