luciole
French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Italian lucciola.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editluciole f (plural lucioles)
- firefly
- 1975, Yves Simon (lyrics and music), “Raconte-toi”:
- Envoie toutes sortes de messages / Aux inconnus et lucioles de passage
- Send all sorts of messages / To passing strangers and fireflies
Further reading
edit- “luciole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.