"hirondelle" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [French]

IPA: /i.ʁɔ̃.dɛl/ Audio: Fr-hirondelle.ogg Forms: hirondelles [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Old Occitan irondela, diminutive of irunda, ironda, ultimately from Latin hirundō. Replaced Old French arondelle, diminutive of aronde, from Latin hirundō (compare also harundō). Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|pro|irondela}} Borrowed from Old Occitan irondela, {{der|fr|la|hirundō}} Latin hirundō Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} hirondelle f (plural hirondelles)
  1. swallow (bird) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-hirondelle-fr-noun-y6OgcM2j
  2. (printing) alignment mark printed in the margin Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Printing Categories (lifeform): Swallows
    Sense id: en-hirondelle-fr-noun-hwcRVpBf Disambiguation of Swallows: 29 62 9 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 4 60 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 58 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 76 17 Topics: media, printing, publishing
  3. (colloquial, dated) policeman on a bicycle or motorcycle Tags: colloquial, dated, feminine
    Sense id: en-hirondelle-fr-noun-Y4W-w51E Categories (other): French terms with mute h Disambiguation of French terms with mute h: 12 33 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hirondelle de rochers, une hirondelle ne fait pas le printemps

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "hirondelle de rochers"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "une hirondelle ne fait pas le printemps"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "pro",
        "3": "irondela"
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      "name": "bor+"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "hirundō"
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [],
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        {
          "english": "The swallow and the warbler, it's the forest that told me / The swallow and the warbler have already made their nests",
          "text": "1976, Michel Fugain et le Big Bazar, \"Le printemps\".\nL’hirondelle et la fauvette, c’est la forêt qui me l’a dit / L’hirondelle et la fauvette, ont déjà fait leur nid",
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        }
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            "Fundamental"
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            "Nature"
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        "alignment mark printed in the margin"
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        [
          "mark",
          "mark"
        ],
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          "margin",
          "margin"
        ]
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        "(printing) alignment mark printed in the margin"
      ],
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      ],
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        "media",
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        "publishing"
      ]
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        "policeman on a bicycle or motorcycle"
      ],
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          "bicycle",
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        ],
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          "motorcycle",
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        ]
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        "(colloquial, dated) policeman on a bicycle or motorcycle"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "dated",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/i.ʁɔ̃.dɛl/"
    },
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    "French countable nouns",
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    "French lemmas",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms borrowed from Old Occitan",
    "French terms derived from Latin",
    "French terms derived from Old Occitan",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French terms with mute h",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
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    },
    {
      "word": "une hirondelle ne fait pas le printemps"
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    },
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      ],
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          "english": "The swallow and the warbler, it's the forest that told me / The swallow and the warbler have already made their nests",
          "text": "1976, Michel Fugain et le Big Bazar, \"Le printemps\".\nL’hirondelle et la fauvette, c’est la forêt qui me l’a dit / L’hirondelle et la fauvette, ont déjà fait leur nid",
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        }
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      ]
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        "alignment mark printed in the margin"
      ],
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          "printing",
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        ],
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          "alignment",
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        ],
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          "mark",
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        [
          "margin",
          "margin"
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      ],
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        "(printing) alignment mark printed in the margin"
      ],
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        "printing",
        "publishing"
      ]
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      ],
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        ],
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          "bicycle",
          "bicycle"
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        [
          "motorcycle",
          "motorcycle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
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      ],
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        "colloquial",
        "dated",
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/i.ʁɔ̃.dɛl/"
    },
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    }
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}

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