gerboise

First known attestation 1655 as ierbuah, from Maghrebi Arabic جَرْبُوع (jarbūʕ).

• IPA^(key): /ʒɛʁ.bwaz/

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• Rhymes: -az

gerboise f (plural gerboises)

1. jerboa

   Synonym: (obsolete) gerbo

   • 1844, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, Œuvres complètes de Bouffon, tome IV, Paris: Furne et Cie:

     La tête ressemble assez à celles des petites gerboises ; il y a des moustaches autour de la gueule et aux angles des yeux.

     The head looks quite similar to that of small jerboas. There are whiskers around the snout and at the corners of the eyes.

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

• Brégeois, brégeois