Question 1

What does "embûche" mean in French?

Accepted Answer

First person singular present indicative of embûcher.
Third person singular present indicative of embûcher.
First person singular present subjunctive of embûcher.
Third person singular present subjunctive of embûcher.
Second person singular imperative of embûcher.

Question 2

Where does the French word "embûche" come from?

Accepted Answer

enbusque (« ambush »); (around 1460) « secret machination ». deverbal of the Old French embuschier (« to set an ambush, to lie in ambush ») see em- and buschier see bûche.

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