étourneau
French
Etymology
Old French esturnel, from Late Latin sturnellus, from Latin sturnus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.tuʁ.no/
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Noun
étourneau m (plural étourneaux)
- starling
- (colloquial) birdbrain, scatterbrain
Derived terms
- étourneau commun
- étourneau sansonnet
Further reading
- “étourneau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.