grelot
French
editEtymology
editFrom a Germanic root.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgrelot m (plural grelots)
- jingle bell, cascabel
- 1968, “Initials B.B.”, in Serge Gainsbourg (lyrics), Initials B.B., performed by Serge Gainsbourg:
- À chaque mouvement, on entendait / Les clochettes d’argent de ses poignets / Agitant ses grelots, elle avança / Et prononça ce mot : Alméria
- With every movement, you could hear / The little silver bells on her wrists / Shaking her bells, she stepped forward / And said this word: Almería
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → English: grelot
Further reading
edit- “grelot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.