sauterelle
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
sauterelle (plural sauterelles)
- An instrument used by masons and others to trace and form angles.
- A type of crossbow for throwing hand grenades or small bombs into enemy trenches, used by the French and British soldiers on the Western Front during World War I.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sauterelle f (plural sauterelles)
- grasshopper
- 1984, “Marcia Baïla”, in Rita Mitsouko, performed by Les Rita Mitsouko:
- C’est elle la sauterelle / La sirène en mal d’amour / Le danseur dans la flanelle / Ou le carton
- She is the grasshopper / The lovelorn mermaid / The dancer in the flannel / Or the cardboard
- (masonry) sauterelle (instrument to trace and form angles)
- Synonym: fausse équerre
Descendants[edit]
- ⇒ Catalan: santanell
- → English: sauterelle
Further reading[edit]
- “sauterelle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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