cueillette
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French cueillette. Doublet of quillet.
Noun edit
cueillette (plural cueillettes)
- (Jersey) A subdivision of the parish of Saint Ouen, corresponding to a vingtaine in other parishes.
Translations edit
subdivision of the parish of Saint Ouen
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French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French, from Latin collēcta (“contribution", "collection”). Compare Occitan culhida, Catalan collita, Portuguese colheita, Spanish cosecha. Compare also the borrowed doublet collecte.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cueillette f (plural cueillettes)
- gathering, collecting, picking (act of gathering, collecting or picking crops, or other items (payments, data))
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “cueillette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.