d'mouaîselle
Norman
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French damoisele, from Vulgar Latin *domnicella, diminutive of Latin domina.
Noun
d'mouaîselle f (plural d'mouaîselles)
- (Jersey) young lady
- (Jersey) nursehound, large-spotted dogfish, greater spotted dogfish, bull huss (Scyliorhinus stellaris)
- (Jersey) spiny dogfish (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- (Jersey) great tit (Parus major)
Synonyms
- (Scyliorhinus stellaris): rousse, tchian d'mé
- (Squalus acanthius): mataud, brotchet
- (Parus major): bliu-bonnet
Derived terms
- démouaîselle du Ouaisné (“Dartford warbler”)