bouquiniste

French

Antique bookseller's shop in Paris

Etymology

From bouquin +‎ -iste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.ki.nist/

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Noun

bouquiniste m or f by sense (plural bouquinistes)

1. antique bookseller, secondhand bookshop, used-book store (seller of old and used books)

Descendants

• → Belarusian: букіні́ст (bukiníst)
• → Romanian: buchinist
• → Russian: букини́ст (bukiníst)
• → Ukrainian: букіні́ст (bukiníst)

Further reading

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