different between bouquet vs cheering

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French bouquet. Doublet of bosket.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bo??ke?/, /bu?ke?/
• Rhymes: -e?

Noun

bouquet (plural bouquets)

1. A bunch of cut flowers.

2. The scent of a particular wine.

3. The heart note of a perfume.

4. A compliment or expression of praise.
5. (mathematics) A bouquet of circles.
6. (card games) The reserve of cards in the game of Flower Garden and variations.
7. (cartomancy) The ninth Lenormand card, sometimes called Flowers instead.

Derived terms

• bouquet of circles, bouquet of spheres, bouquets and brickbats

Translations

See also

• bouquet garni
• nosegay
• corsage
• posy

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French bouquet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buk?/, [b?u?k??] or IPA^(key): /buke/, [b?u?k?e]

Noun

bouquet c (singular definite bouqueten or bouquet'en, not used in plural form)

1. bouquet (scent of wine)

Related terms

• buket

Further reading

• “bouquet” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From Old French bochet, from bois (“woods”), from Medieval Latin boscus (“grove”), from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, thicket”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *b?uH- (“to grow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.k?/

Noun

bouquet m (plural bouquets)

1. bouquet, bunch
2. a set or selection of something.
3. aroma, bouquet (scent of wine)

Derived terms

• bouquet garni

Descendants

Further reading

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

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t??????/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t???????/
• Rhymes: -?????
• Hyphenation: cheer?ing

Verb

cheering

1. Present participle and gerund of cheer.

Noun

cheering (plural cheerings)

1. A cheer.
   • 1814, The Gentleman's Magazine (volume 84, part 1, page 689)

     The ships' yards were all fully manned, and the loud cheerings of the crews, and of the countless company in the surrounding boats, emulated the roar of the cannon.

Anagrams

• generich