BEAUCOUP Definition & Meaning

beaucoup

[boh-koo, boo-koo]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Informal: Usually Facetious.

many, numerous, or much.
It's a hard job, but it pays beaucoup money.
of considerable size; large; significant.
a beaucoup building project.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of beaucoup¹

First recorded in 1755–60; from French; beau, coup ¹

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She added, "I don't have beaucoup bucks to just throw it out so that somebody else can make the decision as to how it gets spent, when it's not on the same values that I have."

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When the sun rose Thursday morning, Donald Trump was still a former president facing beaucoup counts in his New York criminal trial.

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After the meal on July 4, 2022, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said “Merci beaucoup” in a Twitter post praising “close exchanges.”

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In any event, Mary, merci beaucoup for a wonderful festival, and I’m personally grateful that one of the last movies we saw together was indeed “The Pot-au-Feu,” a sublimely sensual gastronomy lesson that might have been the most purely pleasurable film in competition.

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Beaucoup aiment la nostalgie et l’étrange prescience qui se dégage du concept original de l’artiste.

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