bécasse

French

Etymology

From bec +‎ -asse.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /be.kas/
Audio (file)

Noun

bécasse f (plural bécasses)

woodcock (Any of several wading birds in the genus Scolopax, of the family Scolopacidae, characterised by a long slender bill and cryptic brown and blackish plumage)

Descendants

Russian: бека́с (bekás)

Further reading

“bécasse” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

sébacés

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