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bouquet

name · noun · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /buːˈkeɪ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /boʊˈkeɪ/ spelling pronunciation
  • rhymes with -eɪ
  • CMU ARPABET: B UW0 K EY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname from French.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A bunch of cut flowers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • For my birthday I received two bouquets.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A decoratively arranged bunch of something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Each table was adorned with a bouquet of giant balloons.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The scent of a particular wine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • This Bordeaux has an interesting bouquet.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The middle note of a perfume.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The remarkable flower bouquet lasts for hours until it dissolves into a sweet vanilla smell.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A compliment or expression of praise.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A bouquet of circles.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

The reserve of cards in the game of Flower Garden and variations.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: card-games, games

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

The ninth Lenormand card, sometimes called Flowers instead.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: cartomancy, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: corsage, posy, nosegay

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: flower arrangement, floral arrangement

11

noun

Meaning 11

a pleasingly sweet olfactory property

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fragrance, fragrancy, redolence, sweetness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: olfactory property, smell, aroma, odor, odour, scent

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French Bouquet.

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *buskaz Frankish *buskbor. Early Medieval Latin boscus Old French boisder. Old French bochet French bouquetubor. English bouquet Unadapted borrowing from French bouquet, from Old French bochet, from bois, from Early Medieval Latin boscus (“grove”), borrowed from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz. Doublet of bosket.

Across languages

Translations

152 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: ruiker — bunch of flowers
  • Afrikaans: boeket — bunch of flowers
  • Afrikaans: handruiker — bunch of flowers
  • Albanian: buqetë — bunch of flowers
  • Arabic: بَاقَة (bāqa) — bunch of flowers
  • Arabic: بَاقَة زُهُور (bāqat zuhūr) — bunch of flowers
  • Armenian: ծաղկեփունջ (caġkepʻunǰ) — bunch of flowers
  • Azerbaijani: gül dəstəsi — bunch of flowers
  • Azerbaijani: dəstə — bunch of flowers
  • Belarusian: буке́т (bukjét) — bunch of flowers
  • Bengali: কুসুমস্তবক (kuśumostobok) — bunch of flowers
  • Bulgarian: буке́т (bukét) — bunch of flowers
  • Bulgarian: ки́тка (kítka) — bunch of flowers
  • Burmese: ပန်းစည်း (pan:cany:) — bunch of flowers
  • Catalan: ram — bunch of flowers
  • Catalan: ramell — bunch of flowers
  • Catalan: pom — bunch of flowers
  • Catalan: toia — bunch of flowers
  • Chinese Mandarin: 花束 (huāshù) — bunch of flowers
  • Czech: kytice — bunch of flowers
  • Czech: pugét — bunch of flowers
  • Danish: buket — bunch of flowers
  • Dutch: boeket — bunch of flowers
  • Dutch: ruiker — bunch of flowers
  • Dutch: bos — bunch of flowers
  • Esperanto: bukedo — bunch of flowers
  • Estonian: bukett — bunch of flowers
  • Estonian: kimp — bunch of flowers
  • Faroese: blómutyssi — bunch of flowers
  • Finnish: kukkakimppu — bunch of flowers
  • French: bouquet — bunch of flowers
  • Friulian: mac — bunch of flowers
  • Georgian: თაიგული (taiguli) — bunch of flowers
  • German: Blumenstrauß — bunch of flowers
  • German: Bouquet — bunch of flowers
  • Greek: ανθοδέσμη (anthodésmi) — bunch of flowers
  • Hebrew: זֵר (zer) — bunch of flowers
  • Hebrew: זר פרחים (zer p'rakhím) — bunch of flowers
  • Hebrew: צְרוֹר (tzror) — bunch of flowers
  • Hindi: गुलदस्ता (guldastā) — bunch of flowers
  • Hindi: पुष्पगुच्छ (puṣpagucch) — bunch of flowers
  • Hungarian: virágcsokor — bunch of flowers
  • Hungarian: csokor — bunch of flowers
  • Icelandic: blómvöndur — bunch of flowers
  • Ido: buketo — bunch of flowers
  • Indonesian: buket — bunch of flowers
  • Ingrian: kukkakimppu — bunch of flowers
  • Italian: mazzo — bunch of flowers
  • Japanese: 花束 (hanataba) — bunch of flowers
  • Japanese: ブーケ (būke) — bunch of flowers
  • Kazakh: байлам (bailam) — bunch of flowers
  • Kazakh: гүлшоқ (gülşoq) — bunch of flowers
  • Khmer: ភួង (phuəng) — bunch of flowers
  • Khmer: កណ្ដាប់ (kɑɑkɑndap) — bunch of flowers
  • Korean: 꽃다발 (kkotdabal) — bunch of flowers
  • Korean: 부케 (buke) — bunch of flowers
  • Korean: 화속 (hwasok) — bunch of flowers
  • Kyrgyz: букет (buket) — bunch of flowers
  • Kyrgyz: гүлдесте (güldeste) — bunch of flowers
  • Ladin: maz de ciofes — bunch of flowers
  • Ladino: demet — bunch of flowers
  • Lao: ຊໍ່ (sǭ) — bunch of flowers
  • Lao: ພົ້ວ (phūa) — bunch of flowers
  • Lao: ຮົດ (hot) — bunch of flowers
  • Lao: ມາລາ (mā lā) — bunch of flowers
  • Latvian: pušķis — bunch of flowers
  • Ligurian: màsso — bunch of flowers
  • Lithuanian: puokštė — bunch of flowers
  • Livonian: kimp — bunch of flowers
  • Macedonian: буке́т (bukét) — bunch of flowers
  • Macedonian: китка (kitka) — bunch of flowers
  • Malay: jambak — bunch of flowers
  • Marathi: पुष्पगुच्छ (puṣpaguccha) — bunch of flowers
  • Mongolian: баглаа (baglaa) — bunch of flowers
  • Mongolian: цоморлог (comorlog) — bunch of flowers
  • Khiamniungan Naga: tāupūo kîe — bunch of flowers
  • Nepali: गुलदस्ता (guladastā) — bunch of flowers
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bukett — bunch of flowers
  • Pashto: ګلدسته (gwəldastá) — bunch of flowers
  • Iranian Persian: دَسْتِهگُل (daste-gol) — bunch of flowers
  • Iranian Persian: گُلْدَسْتِه (goldaste) — bunch of flowers
  • Polish: bukiet — bunch of flowers
  • Polish: wiązanka — bunch of flowers
  • Portuguese: buquê — bunch of flowers
  • Portuguese: bouquet — bunch of flowers
  • Portuguese: ramo — bunch of flowers
  • Romanian: buchet — bunch of flowers
  • Russian: буке́т (bukét) — bunch of flowers
  • Sanskrit: गुच्छ (guccha) — bunch of flowers
  • Scots: flour — bunch of flowers
  • Serbo-Croatian: бу̀ке̄т — bunch of flowers
  • Serbo-Croatian: bùkēt — bunch of flowers
  • Slovak: kytica — bunch of flowers
  • Slovak: buket — bunch of flowers
  • Slovene: šopek — bunch of flowers
  • Spanish: ramo — bunch of flowers
  • Spanish: ramita — bunch of flowers
  • Spanish: buqué — bunch of flowers
  • Sranan Tongo: boketi — bunch of flowers
  • Swedish: bukett — bunch of flowers
  • Tagalog: kalangi — bunch of flowers
  • Tajik: гулдаста (guldasta) — bunch of flowers
  • Tajik: дастаи гул (dasta-yi gul) — bunch of flowers
  • Tamil: பூச்செண்டு (pūcceṇṭu) — bunch of flowers
  • Thai: ช่อ (chɔ̂ɔ) — bunch of flowers
  • Thai: พเยีย (pá-yiia) — bunch of flowers
  • Turkish: buket — bunch of flowers
  • Turkish: demet — bunch of flowers
  • Turkmen: desse — bunch of flowers
  • Turkmen: gül desseçi — bunch of flowers
  • Ukrainian: буке́т (bukét) — bunch of flowers
  • Ukrainian: ки́тиця (kýtycja) — bunch of flowers
  • Urdu: گُلْدَسْتَہ (guldasta) — bunch of flowers
  • Urdu: گُل دَسْتَہ (gul dasta) — bunch of flowers
  • Uyghur: گۈلدەستە (güldeste) — bunch of flowers
  • Uzbek: buket — bunch of flowers
  • Uzbek: guldasta — bunch of flowers
  • Vietnamese: bó hoa — bunch of flowers
  • Volapük: flored — bunch of flowers
  • Welsh: tusw — bunch of flowers
  • Welsh: pwysi — bunch of flowers
  • Yiddish: בוקעט (buket) — bunch of flowers
  • Arabic: شَذًى (šaḏan) — scent of wine
  • Arabic: شَذًا (šaḏan) — scent of wine
  • Bulgarian: буке́т (bukét) — scent of wine
  • Catalan: aroma — scent of wine
  • Catalan: buquet — scent of wine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 酒香 (jiǔxiāng) — scent of wine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 芳香 (fāngxiāng) — scent of wine
  • Czech: buket — scent of wine
  • Danish: bouquet — scent of wine
  • Dutch: bouquet — scent of wine
  • Esperanto: bukedo — scent of wine
  • Finnish: bukee — scent of wine
  • Finnish: bouquet — scent of wine
  • French: bouquet — scent of wine
  • German: Bouquet — scent of wine
  • Hungarian: buké — scent of wine
  • Icelandic: vínilmur — scent of wine
  • Irish: cumhracht — scent of wine
  • Italian: profumo — scent of wine
  • Italian: fragranza — scent of wine
  • Italian: aroma — scent of wine
  • Japanese: 香り (kaori) — scent of wine
  • Māori: kakara — scent of wine
  • Portuguese: buquê — scent of wine
  • Romanian: buchet — scent of wine
  • Romanian: aromă — scent of wine
  • Russian: буке́т (bukét) — scent of wine
  • Spanish: aroma — scent of wine
  • Spanish: buqué — scent of wine
  • Welsh: persawr — scent of wine