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noun, masculine

bouchon

/bu.ʃɔ̃/

noun, masculine/bu.ʃɔ̃/plural: bouchons

cork, bung, stopper, plug; float (in angling); traffic jam; dongle; restaurant

Synonyms: embouteillage

Inherited from Middle French bouchon (“bundle of hemp or foliage, oakum”), from bousche (“handful of straw, bundle of twigs”), from Vulgar Latin bosca (“brush, bundle of branches”), from Frankish *bosc (“bush”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush”). More at bush.