Noun: oiseau
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | oiseau |
| Singular f | oiselle |
| Plural m | oiseaux |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like oiseau
zébreau,
nouveau,
éléphanteau,
souriceau,
corbeau,
chameau,
blaireau,
louveteau,
Tourangeau,
maquereau,
jouvenceau,
pastoureau,
oiseau,
jumeau,
puceau,
baleineau,
Manceau,
Etymology
1. Inherited from Middle French oyseau, from Old French oisel c. 1100, from Late Latin aucellus m (“little bird”), a diminutive ultimately based on Latin avis f (“bird”), from Proto-Italic *awis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis. Compare Norman ouaîsé, Franco-Provençal usél.
2. Compare also the French oie (“goose”), derived from another diminutive of avis. See: Latin Nouns '
avis'.
Verbs referencing "oiseau"
Catalan Nouns
ocell.
Translations