Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bosket

/ˈbɒskɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bosket
IPA: /ˈbɒskɪt/

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small grove or copse of trees, a thicket.

name

Example Sentences

"When he returned from a swim in the broad and deep brook beyond the bosquet, with wet hair and tingling skin, Van got the rare treat of finding his foreglimpse of live ivory accurately reproduced [...]."

Etymology

Borrowed from French bosquet, from Italian boschetto, diminutive of bosco (“wood”), from Late Latin busca, buscus or boscus, from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (compare Old High German busk). Doublet of bouquet.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: bosquet, boschetto, busca, *busk, *buskaz

Inflected Forms

boskets (plural) bosquet (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

ambush bush

Questions

How do you pronounce bosket?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɒskɪt/.
What does bosket mean?: A small grove or copse of trees, a thicket.
Where does bosket come from?: It is traced to French.

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