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bichon

/biʃɔn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.05 in modern English

Syllables
bi-chon
IPA
/biʃɔn/
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class of toy dogs with curly or wavy hair and long curled tails.

noun

A Bichon Frisé.

Canadian usage; American usage

Etymology

Borrowed from French bichon.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

bichons (plural)

Derived Forms

Cavachon shichon Zuchon

Phrases

Bichon Frisé Coton de Tulear

Frequently Paired Words

Bichon Frisé Bolognese Bolonka Coton de Tulear Havanese Löwchen Maltese

Rhymes With

gone hands-on drawn sean dawn lawn withdrawn shawn shaun undergone pawn vaughan

Questions

How do you pronounce bichon?
The recorded pronunciation is /biʃɔn/.
What does bichon mean?
Any of a class of toy dogs with curly or wavy hair and long curled tails.
Where does bichon come from?
It is traced to French.

How to pronounce bichon

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