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bouquet en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /buːˈkeɪ/
  • /boʊˈkeɪ/ spelling pronunciation
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *buskaz Frankish *buskbor. Early Medieval Latin boscus Old French boisder. Old French bochet French bouquetubor. English bouquet Unadapted borrowing from French bouquet, from Old French bochet, from bois, from Early Medieval Latin boscus (“grove”), borrowed from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz. Doublet of bosket.

Meanings

  1. (collective) An arrangement or bunch of cut flowers; a nosegay.
    • For my birthday I received two bouquets.
  2. A decoratively arranged bunch of something.
    • Each table was adorned with a bouquet of giant balloons.
    • Aunt Cass rearranged the bouquet of spoons in the little vase on the table. 2005, Mildred M. Jeffrey, Walking the Cliffs, page 10:
  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.
    • 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. 1977 August 20, Robert Etherington, “John Horne Burns and His Enemies”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 7, page 10:
  6. A bouquet of circles.
  7. The reserve of cards in the game of Flower Garden and variations.
  8. The ninth Lenormand card, sometimes called Flowers instead.
  9. (collective) A group of pheasants.
    • Whether it was everyday chores around the farm, taking in abandoned animals, or, most recently, tending to a bouquet of pheasants and wild birds, she looked after all living things with a nurturing zeal. 2024 December 9, Southern Utah Mortuary, “Rita Brower Obituary”, in Legacy.com, archived from the original on 01 Aug 2026:
    • if he is fortunate enough to escape tripping over the multitude of timid hares, or avert an avalanche of feathers when, a bouquet of pheasants fall down upon his devoted head. 1878, Lord William Pitt Lennox, Fashion Then and Now, Chapman and Hall, page 261:
    • These days were not concluded with the vast bouquet of pheasants, some escaping to furnish sport for next year, others going off with their legs hanging down, and perhaps the majority blown to fragments and falling a tangled mass of bones, blood, and feathers; but there was the exercise, the talent of the dogs, the keen appetite, and far more excitement than we obtain under the present system. 1874, Thomas Pearce, The "Idstone" Papers, page 236:

Forms

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bouquets Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

bouquets and brickbats · fruit bouquet · kitchen bouquet · bouquetlike · bouquet of circles · bouquet of spheres

Relateds

ambush · corsage · posy · bush · bouquet garni · nosegay

Synonyms

arrangement

Translations (153)

az gül dəstəsi (bunch of flowers) · fa-ira دَسْتِهگُل (bunch of flowers) · lv pušķis (bunch of flowers) · pt buquê (bunch of flowers) · my ပန်းစည်း (bunch of flowers) · is vínilmur (scent of wine) · cmn 芳香 (scent of wine) · uz buket (bunch of flowers) · pt ramo (bunch of flowers) · it profumo (scent of wine) · sk buket (bunch of flowers) · vo flored (bunch of flowers) · af boeket (bunch of flowers) · sco flour (bunch of flowers) · fi bouquet (scent of wine) · tr demet (bunch of flowers) · he צְרוֹר (bunch of flowers) · la fasciculus flōrum (bunch of flowers) · cs kytice (bunch of flowers) · mk китка (bunch of flowers) · cy pwysi (bunch of flowers) · ca pom (bunch of flowers) · ru буке́т (bunch of flowers) · ca buquet (scent of wine) · vi bó hoa (bunch of flowers) · eo bukedo (scent of wine) · es aroma (scent of wine) · tg дастаи гул (bunch of flowers) · fo blómutyssi (bunch of flowers) · es ramita (bunch of flowers) · az dəstə (bunch of flowers) · sq buqetë (bunch of flowers) · fur mac (bunch of flowers) · ko 꽃다발 (bunch of flowers) · mi kakara (scent of wine) · pl wiązanka (bunch of flowers) · it mazzo (bunch of flowers) · el ανθοδέσμη (bunch of flowers) · lad demet (bunch of flowers) · pt buquê (scent of wine) · cs pugét (bunch of flowers) · kk гүлшоқ (bunch of flowers) · ro buchet (bunch of flowers) · uk ки́тиця (bunch of flowers) · srn boketi (bunch of flowers) · mn баглаа (bunch of flowers) · fi bukee (scent of wine) · ko 화속 (bunch of flowers) · he זר פרחים (bunch of flowers) · ko 부케 (bunch of flowers) · bn কুসুমস্তবক (bunch of flowers) · af ruiker (bunch of flowers) · bg ки́тка (bunch of flowers) · da bouquet (scent of wine) · mr पुष्पगुच्छ (bunch of flowers) · tg гулдаста (bunch of flowers) · liv kimp (bunch of flowers) · ar بَاقَة زُهُور (bunch of flowers) · km កណ្ដាប់ (bunch of flowers) · nb bukett (bunch of flowers) · mk буке́т (bunch of flowers) · eo bukedo (bunch of flowers) · pl bukiet (bunch of flowers) · sv bukett (bunch of flowers) · ka თაიგული (bunch of flowers) · ca ramell (bunch of flowers) · ky букет (bunch of flowers) · ps ګلدسته (bunch of flowers) · lo ມາລາ (bunch of flowers) · et bukett (bunch of flowers) · bg буке́т (bunch of flowers) · tl kalangi (bunch of flowers) · et kimp (bunch of flowers) · id buket (bunch of flowers) · izh kukkakimppu (bunch of flowers) · th ช่อ (bunch of flowers) · cmn 酒香 (scent of wine) · lt puokštė (bunch of flowers) · nl boeket (bunch of flowers) · de Blumenstrauß (bunch of flowers) · hi गुलदस्ता (bunch of flowers) · lo ຮົດ (bunch of flowers) · tk desse (bunch of flowers) · be буке́т (bunch of flowers) · ur گُلْدَسْتَہ (bunch of flowers) · uk буке́т (bunch of flowers) · de Bouquet (bunch of flowers) · uz guldasta (bunch of flowers) · he זֵר (bunch of flowers) · nl ruiker (bunch of flowers) · lld maz de ciofes (bunch of flowers) · ca toia (bunch of flowers) · cy tusw (bunch of flowers) · sh bùkēt (bunch of flowers) · fr bouquet (scent of wine) · sl šopek (bunch of flowers) · hu virágcsokor (bunch of flowers) · yi בוקעט (bunch of flowers) · ur گُل دَسْتَہ (bunch of flowers) · ta பூச்செண்டு (bunch of flowers) · ca aroma (scent of wine) · kix tāupūo kîe (bunch of flowers) · hi पुष्पगुच्छ (bunch of flowers) · ro aromă (scent of wine) · mn цоморлог (bunch of flowers) · de Bouquet (scent of wine) · ru буке́т (scent of wine) · hu csokor (bunch of flowers) · da buket (bunch of flowers) · io buketo (bunch of flowers) · it aroma (scent of wine) · cs buket (scent of wine) · af handruiker (bunch of flowers) · ja ブーケ (bunch of flowers) · kk байлам (bunch of flowers) · ro buchet (scent of wine) · is blómvöndur (bunch of flowers) · ug گۈلدەستە (bunch of flowers) · tk gül desseçi (bunch of flowers) · cy persawr (scent of wine) · nl bos (bunch of flowers) · lo ຊໍ່ (bunch of flowers) · fa-ira گُلْدَسْتِه (bunch of flowers) · ar بَاقَة (bunch of flowers) · ca ram (bunch of flowers) · th พเยีย (bunch of flowers) · es ramo (bunch of flowers) · ar شَذًى (scent of wine) · ga cumhracht (scent of wine) · sh бу̀ке̄т (bunch of flowers) · cmn 花束 (bunch of flowers) · ja 香り (scent of wine) · ja 花束 (bunch of flowers) · sk kytica (bunch of flowers) · hu buké (scent of wine) · sa गुच्छ (bunch of flowers) · it fragranza (scent of wine) · pt bouquet (bunch of flowers) · es buqué (scent of wine) · bg буке́т (scent of wine) · nl bouquet (scent of wine) · ms jambak (bunch of flowers) · fr bouquet (bunch of flowers) · hy ծաղկեփունջ (bunch of flowers) · ar شَذًا (scent of wine) · ne गुलदस्ता (bunch of flowers) · tr buket (bunch of flowers) · fi kukkakimppu (bunch of flowers) · es buqué (bunch of flowers) · km ភួង (bunch of flowers) · lij màsso (bunch of flowers) · ky гүлдесте (bunch of flowers) · lo ພົ້ວ (bunch of flowers)