beaucoup
beaucoup Lexical Profile
beaucoup Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
American Great in quantity, amount, or number; many or much (used informally before a noun).
"The software developer made beaucoup bucks after selling his startup to a major tech firm."
• adverb
American To a high degree; very much or abundantly.
"Thank you beaucoup for helping me move all that heavy furniture over the weekend."
• noun
American A large number, quantity, or amount; plenty.
"There are a beaucoup of reasons why the committee decided to postpone the festival."
Word Nuance & Usage
In English, 'beaucoup' is strictly informal or slang, often pronounced 'boo-koo', andunlike in French, it is used directly before nouns without 'de' (e.g., 'beaucoup bucks').
• Rhymes for beaucoup
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from French 'beaucoup' (meaning 'much' or 'many'), originally from Old French 'bel colp', literally meaning 'a fine blow' or 'a great stroke'. It entered American English slang via Louisiana French and soldiers returning from France after World War I.