| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | beau·coup |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b  k  , b-, b-k |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also boo·coo or boo·koo (b-) |
| ADJECTIVE: | Chiefly Southern U.S. Many; much: beaucoup money. | | NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. beau·coups also beau·coos or boo·koos
An abundance; a lot. | | ADVERB: | In abundance; galore: I like that beaucoup. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French : beau, bel, fine, handsome; see beau + coup, stroke; see coup.
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