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rossignol.

nightingale

9 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl/

  1. nightingale

    masculine
    chanter comme un rossignol

  2. picklock, skeleton key

    masculine

  3. piece of junk

    colloquial · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Occitan rossinhol (cf. Catalan rossinyol), from Vulgar Latin *lusciniolus, masculine diminutive of Latin luscinia (“nightingale”). According to De Vaan, "might be explained with haplology from *lusci-cania (“singing in the night; blind singer”), but this is conjecture.

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