berceuse

English

Etymology

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French bercer

French -euse

French berceusebor.

English berceuse

Borrowed from French berceuse.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bɛəˈsɜːz/, /bɜː-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /bɛɹˈsuz/

Noun

berceuse (plural berceuses)

1. (music) A composition that resembles a lullaby, often in 6/8 time.
   • 1980, Burgess, Earthly Powers:

     What was in my mind as I waited for sleep and the engines thundered their ineffectual berceuse was the chapter, a brief one, about the Jews.

Translations

specific type of lullaby

• Abkhaz: ашәа ҭынчра (aŝʷa tənčra)
• Dutch: berceuse (nl) f
• French: berceuse (fr) f
• German: Bercöse f, Wiegenlied (de) n
• Spanish: canción de cuna (es) f

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French berceuse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɛrˈsøː.zə/

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• Hyphenation: ber‧ceu‧se
• Rhymes: -øːzə

Noun

berceuse f (plural berceuses, no diminutive)

1. (relatively formal, also figurative) a lullaby, especially one composed by a composer

   Synonyms: slaaplied, wiegelied

2. (formal, dated) rocking chair

   Synonym: schommelstoel

French

Etymology

From bercer +‎ -euse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛʁ.søz/

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Noun

berceuse f (plural berceuses, masculine berceur)

1. cradler, someone who cradles or rocks a baby
2. ellipsis of chanson berceuse: a lullaby
3. ellipsis of chaise berceuse: a rocking chair

Related terms

• berceur

Descendants

• → Dutch: berceuse
• → English: berceuse

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French berceuse.

Noun

berceuse f (plural berceuse)

1. berceuse

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	berceuse	berceusea	berceuse	berceusele
genitive-dative	berceuse	berceusei	berceuse	berceuselor
vocative	berceuse, berceuseo		berceuselor