ouistiti
English
editNoun
editouistiti (plural ouistitis)
- Alternative form of wistiti
French
editEtymology
editImitative of the animal's cry.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /wis.ti.ti/
Audio: (file) Audio (Switzerland): (file)
Noun
editouistiti m (plural ouistitis)
- marmoset
- 2015 January, Virginie Despentes, Vernon Subutex, volume 1, Éditions Grasset, →ISBN:
- Le blondinet mignon saute sur la forcenée, mais il est si chétif qu’une fois accroché à elle il a l’air d’un ouistiti prenant d’assaut un cocotier.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (informal) weirdo
Interjection
editouistiti
Further reading
edit- “ouistiti”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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