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French
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old French aloëte, diminutive aloe + -ette, from Latin alauda, from Gaulish *alawda (“skylark”).
Pronunciation
Noun
alouette f (plural alouettes)
- lark (bird)
1896 September 27, Octave Mirbeau, “Le tripot aux champs”, in Le Journal:C’est l’heure charmante où l’alouette s’élève dans le ciel, salue de ses trilles et de ses roulades le matin jeune, virginal et triomphant.- It is the charming hour when the lark rises into the sky and salutes with its trilling and swirling song the young, virginal, and triumphant morning.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Etymology 1, alluding to the French-Canadian folk song Alouette, a cumulative song with a lengthening list of body parts.
Interjection
alouette
- (usually humorous) Used at the end of a long list of items; and a partridge in a pear tree
2020, Philippe Mercure, “COVID-19 : quand la maladie s'éternise”, in La Presse:Neurologue, pneumologue, plusieurs cardiologues, oto-rhino-laryngologiste, rhumatologue, spécialiste des maladies infectieuses, alouette : son quotidien est rythmé par les examens avec les nombreux spécialistes qui la suivent.- Neurologist, pneumonologist, several cardiologists, ENT, rheumatologist, infectious disease specialist, and a partridge in a pear tree: the rhythm of her daily life is set by her appointments with the numerous specialists who are following her.
Further reading
Norman
Etymology
From Old French aloëte, diminutive of aloe, from Latin alauda, from Gaulish .
Noun
alouette f (plural alouettes)
- (Jersey) skylark
1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 542:I' vit d'amour et de belles chànsons—coum' les alouettes de roques.- He lives on love and fine songs—as larks do on stones.
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