biquet

From bique +‎ -et.

• IPA^(key): /bi.kɛ/

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biquet m (plural biquets)

1. (colloquial) kid (young goat)

   Synonym: chevreau

   • 1678, Jean de La Fontaine, “Le Loup, la Chèvre et le Chevreau”, in Fables de La Fontaine:

     Le Biquet ſoupçonneux par la fente regarde. / Montrez-moy pate blanche, ou je n’ouvriray point,

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2. (endearing) kid, darling
3. (obsolete, numismatics) a small balance for weighing gold or silver

• biqueter

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