débouché

See also: debouche and débouche

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French débouché.

Noun

débouché (plural débouchés)

1. (archaic) An exit or outlet.
2. (archaic, by extension) A market for goods.
   • The Century

     The débouchés were ordered widened to afford easy egress.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “débouché”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.bu.ʃe/

Noun

débouché m (plural débouchés)

1. (economics) market; outlet
2. job opportunity
3. mouth (of valley)

Participle

débouché (feminine débouchée, masculine plural débouchés, feminine plural débouchées)

1. past participle of déboucher

Further reading

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

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

From French déboucher (“to unplug”).

Verb

débouché

1. to unplug

References

• Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales