berceau
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French berçuel (diminutive of bers) from Vulgar Latin berciolum diminutive of *bertium, from Gaulish *berta, from Proto-Celtic *bertā, variant of *bereti (“to carry”).
Compare Old Irish bert (“bundle”). Cognate with Catalan bressol, Portuguese berço and Galician berce.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
berceau m (plural berceaux)
- cradle, crib (bed for a baby)
- (figuratively) cradle, birthplace, place of origin
- (architecture) arch, vault
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Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “berceau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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