Definitions
Etymologies
- Borrowing from French. Popularized by the American GIs during the Vietnam War. (Wiktionary)
- French : beau, bel, fine, handsome; see beau + coup, stroke; see coup. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“No," she said, "that is the most like him," taking down a miniature by an Italian artist, "_mais il était beaucoup plus beau -- beaucoup -- beaucoup_.”
“The humble "pot à lait" hinted that a simple "merci beaucoup" is sometimes all it takes ... to say thanks.”
“It was in the position near Thiacourt that the battery took possession of a captured German 77, in good condition and with "beaucoup" ammunition stacked around, and turned it against the retreating Huns.”
“I smiled at some of the terms, as it brought back for me tales told by many friends I know who were in Vietnam for the war - especially "beaucoup," which seemed to be a favorite adopted word.”
“Colleges push this mis-conception because the government gives them beaucoup bucks per student per class for adult education programs.”
“After crushing Newt Gingrich in Florida, the nomination for the Republican primary race was written off as a done deal with Romney all but handed the crown and the beaucoup bouquets reserved for winners.”
“May 2nd, 2010 at 10: 27 pm ma fiile de 2ans et demi ecoute beaucoup cette chansons c est une bonne approche pour l anglais kidsfactory”
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“If you're spending beaucoup bucks on Yahoo! ads, or running a campaign on MySpace of Facebook, Omniture tells you whether those ads are driving people to your site and ultimately driving sales," he says.”
“One week and $150 later, I had a crisply tailored console with a custom ribbon border and beaucoup de hidden storage.”
“Merci beaucoup for helping me dig up some very fond memories!”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘beaucoup’.
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Even More 250 Spelling Words
Good for intermediate and advanced spellers and anybody who wants to use words with precision
frustum, mirepoix, occiput, epulis, noesis, ultimo, fipple, rapparee, zamouse, rhipidate, habile, detente and 238 more...
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Imprecise Units of Measurement
A list of terms for units of measurement that are less than exact, such as dessert-spoonful.
two shakes, dessert-spoonful, a pinch, a bit, some, smidge, smidgin, dollop, drop, fleck, smack, sprinkling and 187 more...
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UK Usage - Find US Equivalent
All these terms have a (different) American English equivalent. Wonder if you can identify them?
abridgement (abri..., accoutrement, accoutre, acknowledgement (..., opposite, advert, adaptor, adapter, sticking plaster, advertise, adviser (advisor ..., adze, aesthete and 1196 more...
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Tricky Words from French
Loanwords from French -- both established and wet behind the ears -- that are tricky to spell or pronounce properly.
trompe l'oeil, hors d'oeuvre, oeuvre, objet d'art, objet trouvé, contretemps, milieu, métier, mise en scène, mise en place, éclat, faineant and 64 more...
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Serendipity's Words
defenestration, mercurial, syzygy, wicked, iniquitous, metastable, demimonde, entropic, ephemeral, irreligious, frisbee, manifold and 474 more...
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ambrosia, inamorata, gossamer, lily-white, hummingbird, roucoulement, poppy, daisy, calypso, lunula, lamb, dove and 1526 more...
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generationnext's Words
petulant, vehement, pensive, lascivious, vacillate, histrionic, satiated, svelte, lithe, zeitgeist, viscous, sommelier and 526 more...
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mandarine's Words
antepenultimate, metonymy, synecdoche, pop, kern, inherit, clique, scrumptious, macerate, murmur, kerning, veranda and 1068 more...
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beautiful words
quench, metropolitan, dollop, cucumber, aesthetic, superfluous, gastronomy, nymph, obsequious, serendipity, champagne, gossamer and 125 more...
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stpeter's Words
abase, abasement, abashed, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abhorrent, abide, abject, ablation, abnegation and 3536 more...
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What, another list?
ravishing, ravenous, pronk, brinksmanship, jaspe, mottle, chasm, testy, temperament, ponder, personally, phantom and 206 more...
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General Loveliness
hirsute, indubitably, gossamer, continuum, murderous, harpy, chimera, foofaraw, hoi polloi, mollycoddle, villein, nonplussed and 121 more...
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ideas out loud
bandwagon, middle, via, web, fly, thru, safety, thor, swoosh, top, network effect, matrix and 200 more...
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Coolness is exuded when using these ....
brouhaha, flimflam, propinquity, bosh, daffodil, hokum, abracadabra, chintzy, shrubbery, foie gras, malarkey, quasar and 44 more...
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Stina's list
love, hate, il m'aime, un peu, beaucoup, passionnément, à la folie, pas du tout, schadenfreude
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Tunie: Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)
Ladies and Gentlemen, as you know we have something special for you at Birdland this evening. A recording for Blue Note Records.
What's that? Yeah, yeah, yeah...
funky funky, how 'b...boogie woogie, razzle dazzle, beaucoup, funky, hip hop, melodic, fusion, dialect, scribble, scrabble
Tweets
Looking for tweets for beaucoup.

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