berceuse

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French berceuse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛ˞ˈs(j)uz/
  • Audio (Michigan)
    (file)

Noun

berceuse (plural berceuses)

  1. 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.

Translations


Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French berceuse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌbɛrˈsøː.zə/
  • Hyphenation: ber‧ceu‧se
  • Rhymes: -øːzə

Noun

berceuse f (plural berceuses)

  1. (relatively formal, also figuratively) A lullaby, especially one composed by a composer.
    Synonyms: slaaplied, wiegelied
  2. (formal, dated) rocking chair
    Synonym: schommelstoel

French

Etymology

bercer + -euse

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛʁsøz/
  • (file)

Noun

berceuse f (plural berceuses)

  1. cradler, someone who cradles or rocks a baby.
  2. a lullaby
  3. rocking chair

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