"alouette" meaning in French

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Interjection

Etymology: From Etymology 1, alluding to the French-Canadian folk song Alouette, a cumulative song with a lengthening list of body parts.
  1. (usually humorous) Used at the end of a long list of items; and a partridge in a pear tree Tags: humorous, usually Categories (lifeform): Birds
    Sense id: en-alouette-fr-intj-AgFOPGzB Disambiguation of Birds: 70 30 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 93 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /a.lwɛt/ Audio: Fr-alouette.ogg Forms: alouettes [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French aloëte, diminutive aloe + -ette, from Latin alauda, from Gaulish *alauda (“skylark”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|aloëte|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French aloëte, {{inh+|fr|fro|aloëte}} Inherited from Old French aloëte, {{af|fr|aloe|-ette}} aloe + -ette, {{inh|fr|la|alauda}} Latin alauda, {{der|fr|cel-gau|*alauda||skylark}} Gaulish *alauda (“skylark”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} alouette f (plural alouettes)
  1. lark (bird) Tags: feminine Categories (lifeform): Larks Derived forms: alouette des champs, miroir aux alouettes
    Sense id: en-alouette-fr-noun-mBwq3cNO Disambiguation of Larks: 45 55 Categories (other): French terms suffixed with -ette
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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