Categories: Agriculture, breeding & farming, Common language, Familiar, Nature, animals & plants, Phraseology
🇫🇷 (un, le) bouc [NM]
Related term(s): brada/bradica, bradač, koza, kozlič/kozliček, neumnež, samec
IPA pronunciation: [buk]
Grammar: des/les boucs
Example(s) of use: “Le maïs, un bouc émissaire fantasmé”, Le Betteravier [🇫🇷], Annexe : le maïs, un bouc émissaire fantasmé (01/11/2022)
Expressions, idioms: [🇫🇷] un bouc émissaire (victime expiatoire, un lampiste) [EXPR]
Literally meaning: [🇸🇮] grešni kozel – [🇬🇧] scapegoat
Synonyms or related terms: agriculture, animal, barbe, barbichette, bique, bouquetin, cabri, caprin, chevreau, chèvre, corne, élevage, ferme, mâle, zoologie
Other meanings: [🇫🇷] un bouc (petite barbe, barbichette) – [🇸🇮] kozja brada, kozja bradica – [🇬🇧] goatee
Pivot language: [🇬🇧] billy goat, he-goat
In other languages: [LAT] buccus
Additional infos:
Grammar: des/les boucs
Example(s) of use: “Le maïs, un bouc émissaire fantasmé”, Le Betteravier [🇫🇷], Annexe : le maïs, un bouc émissaire fantasmé (01/11/2022)
Expressions, idioms: [🇫🇷] un bouc émissaire (victime expiatoire, un lampiste) [EXPR]
Literally meaning: [🇸🇮] grešni kozel – [🇬🇧] scapegoat
Synonyms or related terms: agriculture, animal, barbe, barbichette, bique, bouquetin, cabri, caprin, chevreau, chèvre, corne, élevage, ferme, mâle, zoologie
Other meanings: [🇫🇷] un bouc (petite barbe, barbichette) – [🇸🇮] kozja brada, kozja bradica – [🇬🇧] goatee
Pivot language: [🇬🇧] billy goat, he-goat
In other languages: [LAT] buccus
Additional infos:
[🇸🇮] streljati/ustreliti kozle, ustreliti kozla [EXPR][IDIOM] – [🇫🇷] manquer/rater le coche, manquer son coup, se planter [REFL][FAM], faire une bêtise [VP], commettre une bourde/gaffe [EXPR][FAM], – [🇬🇧] to put one’s foot in one’s mouth, miss the boat
[🇫🇷] sentir le bouc [VP] – [🇸🇮] smrdeti kot kozel – [🇬🇧] stink like a billy goat, smell bad, reek