berceuse
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French berceuse.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /bɛɹˈsuz/[1]
Noun
berceuse (plural berceuses)
- A lullaby.
- 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.
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Translations
specific type of lullaby
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References
- “berceuse”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French berceuse.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌbɛrˈsøː.zə/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ber‧ceu‧se
- Rhymes: -øːzə
Noun
berceuse f (plural berceuses)
- (relatively formal, also figuratively) A lullaby, especially one composed by a composer.
- Synonyms: slaaplied, wiegelied
- (formal, dated) rocking chair
- Synonym: schommelstoel
French
Etymology
bercer + -euse
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛʁ.søz/
Audio (file)
Noun
berceuse f (plural berceuses)
- cradler, someone who cradles or rocks a baby
- a lullaby
- 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)
- berceuse
Declension
Declension of berceuse
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (o) berceuse | berceusea | (niște) berceuse | berceusele |
| genitive/dative | (unei) berceuse | berceusei | (unor) berceuse | berceuselor |
| vocative | berceuse, berceuseo | berceuselor | ||