passereau
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French passerel, from Latin passer + French suffix -eau. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *p(e)t-tro- (“who flies, bird”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
passereau m (plural passereaux)
- sparrow
- 1846, Phaedrus, Fables, sourced from [1]:
- Déchiré par les serres d’un Aigle, un Lièvre poussait de longs gémissements. Un Passereau l’insultait
- A Sparrow upbraided a Hare that had been pounced upon by an Eagle, and was sending forth piercing cries.
- passerine
Further reading edit
- “passereau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.