caboche

French

Etymology

From the Norman/Picard dialect, from Old Northern French, equivalent to the Old French caboce.

Compare the English cabbage ultimately of the same origin. Compare also Italian caboccia, capoccia, Spanish cabeza, possibly ultimately from a derivative Latin caput.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.bɔʃ/

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Noun

caboche f (plural caboches)

1. (colloquial, anatomy) head

Derived terms

• cabochon

Further reading

• “caboche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• cabache, caboch
• cabage, caboge

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman caboche; further origin is disputed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkabɔt͡ʃ(ə)/, /ˈkabɔd͡ʒ(ə)/, /ˈkabad͡ʒ(ə)/

Noun

caboche (plural caboches)

1. cabbage (as a plant or a comestible)
2. (rare) A kind of fish.

Descendants

• English: cabbage
  • Sranan Tongo: kabisi
  • → Abenaki: kabij
  • → Swahili: kabichi
  • → Yoruba: kábéèjì
• Scots: cabbitch
• Yola: gaubbach, gubbauch, gubbach

References

• “caboche, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-12.

Norman

Etymology

From Old Northern French caboce.

Pronunciation

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Noun

caboche f (plural caboches)

1. cabbage

Old French

Etymology

First known attestation of this spelling in the 13th century, northern variant of caboce, where -ch- replaces -c-.

Noun

caboche oblique singular, f (oblique plural caboches, nominative singular caboche, nominative plural caboches)

1. (Picardy, Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of caboce