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Champenois
Etymology
Inherited from Old French mesenge, masenge (“titmouse”), from Medieval Latin misinga and spelling variants, from Frankish *meisinga (“titmouse”) and variants.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ma.lɛ̃.ʒɔt/
Noun
malinjote f (plural malinjotes)
- (Troyen) tit, chickadee, titmouse (any of a large number of small tree-dwelling passerine birds)
References
- Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne) (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
- Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux (in French), Troyes