oiseau
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French oyseau, from Old French oisel c. 1100, from Late Latin aucellus m (“little bird”), a diminutive ultimately based on Latin avis f (“bird”), from Proto-Italic *awis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis. Compare Norman ouaîsé, Franco-Provençal usél.
Compare also the French oie (“goose”), derived from another diminutive of avis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wa.zo/
audio (file) Audio (Paris) (file) - (Louisiana) IPA(key): [zwɒzo], [zozo]
Derived terms
- à l’oiseau royal
- à vol d’oiseau
- drôle d’oiseau
- le petit oiseau va sortir
- nom d’oiseau
- oiseau couillon
- oiseau de malheur
- oiseau de mauvais augure
- oiseau de nuit
- oiseau de paradis
- oiseau de passage
- oiseau de proie
- oiseau matinal
- oiseau rare
- oiseau Roc
- oiseau sans tête
- oiseau-chameau
- oiseau-chat
- oiseau-lyre
- oiseau-moqueur
- oiseau-mouche
- oiseau-tempête
- oiseau-trompette
- oiseleur
- oisellerie
- oisillon
- petit à petit, l’oiseau fait son nid
- pied-d’oiseau
- roi des oiseaux
Descendants
Further reading
- “oiseau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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