mauvis
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French mauvis, ultimately related to English mew (“gull”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmauvis m (plural mauvis)
- redwing (bird)
- Synonyms: grive mauvis, merle mauvis
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “mauvis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom older malvis, possibly related to mave, mauve (“gull”), borrowed from Old English mæw.
Noun
editmauvis oblique singular, m (oblique plural mauvis, nominative singular mauvis, nominative plural mauvis)
- thrush (bird)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “mauvis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (malvis, supplement)