frissonner

French

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frissonner

  1. (of emotion) tremble
  2. shiver
  3. (literary) rustle
    • 1820, Alphonse de Lamartine, "Le Soir" in Médiations Poétiques:
      De ce hêtre au feuillage sombre ¶ J’entends frissonner les rameaux
      Of this beech of sombre foliage ¶ I hear the twigs rustling
    • 1942, Charles Trenet (lyrics), Léo Chauliac; Charles Trenet (music), “Que reste-t-il de nos amours ?”, performed by Charles Trenet:
      Ce soir, c'est une chanson d'automne / dans la maison qui frissonne / et je pense aux jours lointains.
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