cueillaison

French

Etymology

From cueillir +‎ -aison. Cf. the Old French quieuçon, possibly from Latin collēctiō (whence modern French collection was borrowed).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kœ.jɛ.zɔ̃/, /kœ.je.zɔ̃/

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Noun

cueillaison f (plural cueillaisons)

1. fruit-picking season

Related terms

• cueillette
• cueilleur

Further reading

• “cueillaison”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.