oisel

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Old French

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Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin aucellus.

Pronunciation

Noun

oisel oblique singular, m (oblique plural oiseaus or oiseax or oisiaus or oisiax or oisels, nominative singular oiseaus or oiseax or oisiaus or oisiax or oisels, nominative plural oisel) (ornithology)

  1. bird
    • 1260–1267, Brunetto Latini, “Dou Fenix [On the phoenix]” (chapter 164), Book 5, in Livres dou Tresor [Book of Treasures]; republished as Polycarpe Chabaille, compiler, Li livres dou tresor par Brunetto Latini‎, Paris: Imprimerie impériale, 1863, page 214:
      Fenix est uns oisiaus en Arrabe dont il n’a plus que un sol en trestout le monde
      Phoenix is a bird in Arabia, of which there is no more than a single one in all the world
    1. (falconry) bird, falcon, hawk
      • 2009, Tony Hunt, Three Anglo-Norman Treatises on Falconry:
        Si voustre oysel est glettous [...].
        If your bird is voracious .
    2. chick

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