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Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Occitan rossinhol.
Noun
rosignol oblique singular, m (oblique plural rosignous or rosignox or rosignols, nominative singular rosignous or rosignox or rosignols, nominative plural rosignol)
- nightingale
Descendants
Venetan
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin lusciniola (“nightingale”) influenced by russus (“red”), compare Italian rosignolo, Neapolitan russignuolo, riscignuolo, Sicilian rusignolu and Old Occitan rossinhol. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
Noun
rosignol m (plural rosignoi) (Lagunar, Eastern, Western)
- nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)
Derived terms
References
- “rosignòl”, in el Galepin – www.elgalepin.com
- Boerio, Giuseppe (1867) “rossignol”, in Dizionario del dialetto veneziano, 3rd edition, Venice: G. Cecchini, page 584c
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz – map 492: “l'usignolo” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it