sauterie
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sauterie f (plural sauteries)
- hop (informal dance meeting)
- (by extension) ceremony, do
- 1999, Anna Gavalda, “Ambre”, in Je voudrais que quelqu'un m'attende quelque part, →ISBN:
- Paul Ackermann avait organisé une petite sauterie au studio « pour fêter ton prochain disque d’or », il avait dit, ce con.
- Paul Ackermann had organized a little do in the studio, "to celebrate your next gold record", he had said, the idiot.
Further reading edit
- “sauterie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
- psautrie, psautry, sautre, sautri, sautrie, sawtree, sawtry, sawtrye
- sauterry, sawtery, sawtrey (Late Middle English)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old French sauterie, salterie, borrowed from Late Latin psaltērium, from Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion). Doublet of sauter.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sauterie
- A psaltery (lute-like string instrument)
- (rare) The Biblical book of Psalms; the section of the Bible containing psalms.
Descendants edit
- English: psaltery
References edit
- “sautrī(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.