Noun: bichon
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | bichon |
| Singular f | bichonne |
| Plural m | bichons |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like bichon
Nigérien,
Westphalien,
Abitibien,
sidéen,
pochetron,
omnipraticien,
technicien,
Ciotaden,
Colombien,
opticien,
champion,
Calaisien,
Haïtien,
Phœnicien,
chiromancien,
Akkadien,
Thessalonicien,
Issoirien,
bouffon,
antipoutinien, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Inherited from Middle French bichon (“small long-haired dog”), from Old French biche (“bitch, female dog”), from Old English biċċe (“female dog”), from Proto-West Germanic *bikkjā, from Proto-Germanic *bikjǭ (“female dog, bitch”). Cognate with Old Norse bikkja (“female dog”), German Betze (“female dog”).
2. Alternative etymology derives through clipping of barbichon (“small poodle”), a diminutive of barbiche (“shaggy dog”), however, chronology makes this derivation improbable if not impossible, as bichon is attested since 1588, yet barbichon does not appear until 1694. See: Old English Nouns '
biċċe', Old Norse Nouns '
bikkja', German Nouns '
Betze'.
Verbs referencing "bichon"
English Nouns
bichon.
Translations