"rossignol" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [French]

IPA: /ʁɔ.si.ɲɔl/ Audio: Fr-rossignol.ogg Forms: rossignols [plural]
Etymology: From Old Occitan rossinhol (cf. Catalan rossinyol), from Vulgar Latin *lusciniolus, masculine diminutive of Latin luscinia (“nightingale”). According to de Vaan, "might be explained with haplology from *lusci-cania (“'singing in the night', 'blind singer'”)", but this is conjecture. Etymology templates: {{der|fr|pro|rossinhol}} Old Occitan rossinhol, {{cog|ca|rossinyol}} Catalan rossinyol, {{der|fr|VL.|*lusciniolus}} Vulgar Latin *lusciniolus, {{der|fr|la|luscinia||nightingale}} Latin luscinia (“nightingale”), {{glossary|haplology}} haplology, {{m|VL.|*lusci-cania||'singing in the night', 'blind singer'}} *lusci-cania (“'singing in the night', 'blind singer'”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} rossignol m (plural rossignols)
  1. nightingale Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-rossignol-fr-noun-XVb5NOsm
  2. picklock, skeleton key Tags: masculine Categories (lifeform): Thrushes Synonyms: passe-partout
    Sense id: en-rossignol-fr-noun-TyDRYzi5 Disambiguation of Thrushes: 23 53 24 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 6 79 14
  3. (colloquial) piece of junk Tags: colloquial, masculine
    Sense id: en-rossignol-fr-noun-4f2jNamN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: rossignole (english: female nightingale), rossignoler (english: to sing like a nightingale), rossignolet (english: young nightingale)

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Ce dernier, ayant remarqué que les marchandises démodées, les rossignols, s’enlevaient d’autant plus rapidement que la guelte donnée aux commis était plus forte, avait basé sur cette observation un nouveau commerce.",
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