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couffin

Moses basket

noun koo-FAN Rare

Also means

shopping basket

Usage Note

Couffin most commonly refers to a soft, wicker-style baby basket used as a newborn's first bed. In southern France and North African French, it also means a large woven shopping basket. The word entered French from Provençal cofin, itself from Latin cophinus.

Examples

"Le bébé dort dans son couffin."

Natural Translation

The baby is sleeping in its Moses basket.

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