different between bouquet vs hurrah

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

Alternative forms

• hoorah, hooray, hurra, hurray

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly adopted from German hurra, itself of uncertain origin, or possibly an alteration of huzzah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h?????/
• Rhymes: -??

Interjection

hurrah

1. Expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness.

Synonyms

• (expression of approval): see Thesaurus:well done
• (expression of joy): see Thesaurus:yay

Translations

Noun

hurrah (plural hurrahs)

1. A cheer; a cry of hurrah!.

Derived terms

• the last hurrah

Translations

Verb

hurrah (third-person singular simple present hurrahs, present participle hurrahing, simple past and past participle hurrahed)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To give a hurrah (to somebody).