basse-cour
French
Etymology
From feminine form of bas + cour.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bas.kuʁ/ ~ /bɑs.kuʁ/
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Noun
basse-cour f (plural basses-cours)
Derived terms
- basse-courier
- nouvelles de basse-cour
Further reading
- Littré, Émile (1873–1878), “basse-cour”, in Dictionnaire de la langue française, Paris: L. Hachette
- “basse-cour”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012