sauterie

French

Etymology

From sauter +‎ -ie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /so.tʁi/

• Audio:

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Noun

sauterie f (plural sauteries)

1. hop (informal dance meeting)
2. (by extension) ceremony, do
   • 1999, Anna Gavalda, “Ambre”, in Je voudrais que quelqu'un m'attende quelque part, →ISBN:

     Paul Ackermann avait organisé une petite sauterie au studio « pour fêter ton prochain disque d’or », il avait dit, ce con.

     Paul Ackermann had organized a little do in the studio, "to celebrate your next gold record", he had said, the idiot.

Further reading

• “sauterie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• psautrie, psautry, sautre, sautri, sautrie, sawtree, sawtry, sawtrye
• sauterry, sawtery, sawtrey (Late Middle English)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French sauterie, salterie, borrowed from Late Latin psaltērium, from Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion). Doublet of sauter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsau̯t(ə)ˈriː(ə)/, /ˈsau̯t(ə)riː(ə)/

Noun

sauterie

1. A psaltery (lute-like string instrument)
2. (rare) The Biblical book of Psalms; the section of the Bible containing psalms.

Descendants

• English: psaltery

References

• “sautrī(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.