boucanier

French

Etymology

From boucan +‎ -ier; the original sense of the word is "adventurer hunting game to smoke its meat and sell its fur".

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bu.ka.nje/
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Noun

boucanier m (plural boucaniers)

buccaneer
- 1921, Alain, Propos:
  Au temps de Rousseau, le paisible voyageur qui naviguait en Méditerranée risquait de tomber aux mains des pirates, (...) Aujourd’hui, puisque les aventures de boucaniers reviennent à la mode, on aura occasion de penser à ce temps, (...) où l’Océan n’était pas le plus redoutable ennemi des navigateurs.
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Descendants

→ English: buccaneer
→ Italian: bucaniere
→ Sicilian: bucaneri

Further reading

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

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