allègre
See also: allegre
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French halaigre, from Latin alacrem (“lively; happy, joyful”). The Old French form alegre derived from a Vulgar Latin form *alacrum, and the form (h)aliegre from an *alĕcrum. The transition of Latin -cr- to French -gr- is paralleled in aigre, maigre; it may have been influenced partly by Old Occitan alegre. Doublet of allegro.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
allègre (plural allègres)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “allègre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Old French halaigre, from Latin alacer (“lively; happy, joyful”).
Adjective edit
allègre m or f
Derived terms edit
- allègrément (“briskly”)