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bubon

Pronunciation: /by.bɔ̃/

“bubon” is a French word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. bubo

In French

  1. Tumeur inflammatoire qui a son siège dans les glandes lymphatiques sous-cutanées et qui se forme plus particulièrement aux glandes de l’aine, de l’aisselle ou du cou.
  2. Grand-duc, rapace du genre conv.

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin būbō, from Ancient Greek βουβών (boubṓn, “groin, swelling”).

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