rossignol

See also: Rossignol

French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Occitan rossinhol, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  *lusciniolus, masculine diminutive of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin luscinia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl/

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Noun

rossignol m (plural rossignols)

1. nightingale
2. picklock
3. (colloquial) piece of junk

Derived terms

• rossignole (“female nightingale”)
• rossignoler (“to sing like a nightingale”)
• rossignolet (“young nightingale”)

Further reading

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