oisillon
French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French oisel, from Latin aucellus (“little bird”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
oisillon m (plural oisillons)
- young bird; chick, fledgling, baby bird, little bird
- Au pied du hêtre, j’ai trouvé un oisillon qui est tombé de son nid. — At the foot of the beech tree I found a baby bird which had fallen from its nest.
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Further reading edit
- “oisillon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.