bouquet
/buːˈkeɪ/noun
bouquet is spelled B-O-U-Q-U-E-T: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,896th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bouquet means “An arrangement or bunch of cut flowers; a nosegay” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bouquet is bouquets.
How many letters and syllables are in bouquet?
| Letters | 7: B-O-U-Q-U-E-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.6 times per million words; the 16,896th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is bouquet?
Bouquet appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,896th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce bouquet?
- /buːˈkeɪ/
- /boʊˈkeɪ/
Bouquet has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-bouquet.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of bouquet
- bouquets plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bouquet mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An arrangement or bunch of cut flowers; a nosegay.
For my birthday I received two bouquets.
- 2
A decoratively arranged bunch of something.
Each table was adorned with a bouquet of giant balloons.
- 3
The scent of a particular wine.
This Bordeaux has an interesting bouquet.
- 4
The middle note of a perfume.
The remarkable flower bouquet lasts for hours until it dissolves into a sweet vanilla smell.
- 5
A compliment or expression of praise.
- 6
A bouquet of circles.
- 7
The reserve of cards in the game of Flower Garden and variations.
- 8
The ninth Lenormand card, sometimes called Flowers instead.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Bouquet in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | bouquet |
| German | Blumenstrauß, Bouquet |
| Portuguese | buquê, bouquet, ramo |
| Spanish | ramo, ramita, buqué , aroma |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does bouquet come from?
Unadapted borrowing from French bouquet, from Old French bochet, from bois, from Early Medieval Latin boscus (“grove”), borrowed from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz. Doublet of bosket.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).