bouquet

Borrowed from French bouquet. Doublet of bosket.

• IPA^(key): /boʊˈkeɪ/, /buːˈkeɪ/

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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 middle 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.
   • 1977 August 20, Robert Etherington, “John Horne Burns and His Enemies”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 7, page 10:

     Since his early death in 1953, a cult, small and select, has grown up around him […] . This coterie maintains that Burns was a writer of near transcendent genius […] whose first novel received enormous bouquets from the critics but who was hounded to death by those same critics when they learned he was a fag.

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]

< French bouquet

• IPA^(key): /ˈbukeː/, [ˈbuk̟e̞ː]
• IPA^(key): /buˈkeː/

bouquet

1. bouquet (scent of wine)

Inflection of bouquet (Kotus type 22/parfait, no gradation)
nominative		bouquet	bouquet’t
genitive		bouquet’n	bouquet’iden bouquet’itten
partitive		bouquet’ta	bouquet’ita
illative		bouquet’hen	bouquet’ihin
		singular	plural
nominative		bouquet	bouquet’t
accusative	nom.	bouquet	bouquet’t
	gen.	bouquet’n
genitive		bouquet’n	bouquet’iden bouquet’itten
partitive		bouquet’ta	bouquet’ita
inessive		bouquet’ssa	bouquet’issa
elative		bouquet’sta	bouquet’ista
illative		bouquet’hen	bouquet’ihin
adessive		bouquet’lla	bouquet’illa
ablative		bouquet’lta	bouquet’ilta
allative		bouquet’lle	bouquet’ille
essive		bouquet’na	bouquet’ina
translative		bouquet’ksi	bouquet’iksi
abessive		bouquet’tta	bouquet’itta
instructive		—	bouquet’in
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of bouquet (Kotus type 22/parfait, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative bouquet’ni bouquet’ni accusative nom. bouquet’ni bouquet’ni gen. bouquet’ni genitive bouquet’ni bouquet’ideni bouquet’itteni partitive bouquet’tani bouquet’itani inessive bouquet’ssani bouquet’issani elative bouquet’stani bouquet’istani illative bouquet’heni bouquet’ihini adessive bouquet’llani bouquet’illani ablative bouquet’ltani bouquet’iltani allative bouquet’lleni bouquet’illeni essive bouquet’nani bouquet’inani translative bouquet’kseni bouquet’ikseni abessive bouquet’ttani bouquet’ittani instructive — — comitative — bouquet’ineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative bouquet’si bouquet’si accusative nom. bouquet’si bouquet’si gen. bouquet’si genitive bouquet’si bouquet’idesi bouquet’ittesi partitive bouquet’tasi bouquet’itasi inessive bouquet’ssasi bouquet’issasi elative bouquet’stasi bouquet’istasi illative bouquet’hesi bouquet’ihisi adessive bouquet’llasi bouquet’illasi ablative bouquet’ltasi bouquet’iltasi allative bouquet’llesi bouquet’illesi essive bouquet’nasi bouquet’inasi translative bouquet’ksesi bouquet’iksesi abessive bouquet’ttasi bouquet’ittasi instructive — — comitative — bouquet’inesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative bouquet’mme bouquet’mme accusative nom. bouquet’mme bouquet’mme gen. bouquet’mme genitive bouquet’mme bouquet’idemme bouquet’ittemme partitive bouquet’tamme bouquet’itamme inessive bouquet’ssamme bouquet’issamme elative bouquet’stamme bouquet’istamme illative bouquet’hemme bouquet’ihimme adessive bouquet’llamme bouquet’illamme ablative bouquet’ltamme bouquet’iltamme allative bouquet’llemme bouquet’illemme essive bouquet’namme bouquet’inamme translative bouquet’ksemme bouquet’iksemme abessive bouquet’ttamme bouquet’ittamme instructive — — comitative — bouquet’inemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative bouquet’nne bouquet’nne accusative nom. bouquet’nne bouquet’nne gen. bouquet’nne genitive bouquet’nne bouquet’idenne bouquet’ittenne partitive bouquet’tanne bouquet’itanne inessive bouquet’ssanne bouquet’issanne elative bouquet’stanne bouquet’istanne illative bouquet’henne bouquet’ihinne adessive bouquet’llanne bouquet’illanne ablative bouquet’ltanne bouquet’iltanne allative bouquet’llenne bouquet’illenne essive bouquet’nanne bouquet’inanne translative bouquet’ksenne bouquet’iksenne abessive bouquet’ttanne bouquet’ittanne instructive — — comitative — bouquet’inenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative bouquet’nsa bouquet’nsa accusative nom. bouquet’nsa bouquet’nsa gen. bouquet’nsa genitive bouquet’nsa bouquet’idensa bouquet’ittensa partitive bouquet’taan bouquet’tansa bouquet’itaan bouquet’itansa inessive bouquet’ssaan bouquet’ssansa bouquet’issaan bouquet’issansa elative bouquet’staan bouquet’stansa bouquet’istaan bouquet’istansa illative bouquet’hensa bouquet’ihinsa adessive bouquet’llaan bouquet’llansa bouquet’illaan bouquet’illansa ablative bouquet’ltaan bouquet’ltansa bouquet’iltaan bouquet’iltansa allative bouquet’lleen bouquet’llensa bouquet’illeen bouquet’illensa essive bouquet’naan bouquet’nansa bouquet’inaan bouquet’inansa translative bouquet’kseen bouquet’ksensa bouquet’ikseen bouquet’iksensa abessive bouquet’ttaan bouquet’ttansa bouquet’ittaan bouquet’ittansa instructive — — comitative — bouquet’ineen bouquet’inensa

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. a group of trees forming a grove
4. 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