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bercail.

fold (enclosure for animals)

7 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/bɛʁ.kaj/

  1. fold (enclosure for animals)

    dated · masculine

  2. house, home

    figuratively · informal · masculine
    Tous les invités sont rentrés au bercail.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French bercal, from Vulgar Latin *berbicale, from *berbīx, from Latin vervex (“wether; castrated ram”).

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