mauvis

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French mauvis, ultimately related to English mew (“gull”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo.vi/

Noun

mauvis m (plural mauvis)

1. redwing (bird)

   Synonyms: grive mauvis, merle mauvis

Derived terms

• mauviette

Further reading

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

Old French

Alternative forms

• mavis
• malvis
• mauviz

Etymology

From older malvis, possibly related to mave, mauve (“gull”), borrowed from Old English mæw.

Noun

mauvis oblique singular, m (oblique plural mauvis, nominative singular mauvis, nominative plural mauvis)

1. thrush (bird)

Descendants

• → English: mavis, Mavis
• French: mauvis
• Italian: malvizzo

References

• “mauvis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (malvis, supplement)