cueillette

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French cueillette. Doublet of quillet.

Noun

cueillette (plural cueillettes)

1. (Jersey) A subdivision of the parish of Saint Ouen, corresponding to a vingtaine in other parishes.

Translations

subdivision of the parish of Saint Ouen

• Norman: tchilliette

French

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /kœ.jɛt/

• Audio:

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Noun

cueillette f (plural cueillettes)

1. gathering, collecting, picking (act of gathering, collecting or picking crops, or other items (payments, data))

Related terms

• cueilleur
• cueillir

Further reading

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