cat

From Old Northern French cat (variant of Old French chat) from Late Latin cattus.

Où'est donc qu'j'iron, mé et mes puches / Ma catte, et l'reste de l'écu?

c. 1830, George Métivier, Lamentations de Damaris:

Si ùn cat s'amord au lard, nou ne sairait l'en d's'amordre.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 514:

If a cat takes a liking for bacon, you can't break her of it.

Ils d'visirent pour enne haeure, mais la Louise était pas chagrinaïe au tour sa pâte, pasqué a savait que le cat était à gardaïr la pâte caoude.

2006, Peggy Collenette, “D'la gâche de Guernési”, in P'tites Lures Guernésiaises, Cromwell Press, published 2006, page 20:

They talked for an hour, but Louise was not worried about her dough, because she knew that the cat was keeping the dough warm.


livre

From Old French livre, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin liber, librum.


pie

From Old French pie, from Latin pica, feminine of picus (“woodpecker”).

Vieille pie a plus d'un pertus à son nic.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 520:

An old magpie has more than one hole in her nest.


absolution

From Old French absolution, from Latin absolūtiō, absolūtiōnem (“acquittal”), from absolvō, absolvere (“absolve, acquit”), from ab (“from, away from”) + solvō, solvere (“release, loosen, dissolve, take apart”).


jeudi

jeudis (plural)
Jeudi (alternative)
jéeudi (alternative)
djödi (alternative)

From Old French jeudi, jusdi, from Latin Jovis diēs or Iovis diēs, a variant of diēs Iovis (“day of Jupiter”).


niet

niets (plural)
nyit (alternative)
gniet (alternative)
gniaette (alternative)

From Old French noit, nuit, from Latin noctem, accusative of nox, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.

La Marie et Jimmin dormisirent toute la niet et Jimmin s'éville au matin dauve l'épile à sen naïz.

2006, Peggy Collenette, “Célébraïr 25 onnaïes”, in P'tites Lures Guernésiaises, Cromwell Press, published 2006, page 18:

Marie and Jimmy slept all night and Jimmy woke up in the morning with the peg on his nose.


four

From Old French forn, from Latin furnus.


point

From Old French point, from Latin punctum.

(Jersey) full stop, period (punctuation mark)


man

mans (plural)
main (alternative)
môin (alternative)

From Old French main, mein, man, from Latin manus (“hand”).


port

From Old French port, borrowed from Latin portus (“port, harbour”).


jour

jours (plural)
jouo (alternative)
djö (alternative)

From Old French jor, from Late Latin diurnum.

Février dit à Janvier:—'Si j'étais à votre pièche je f'rais gelaïr le pots sus le faeu et les p'tits éfàns aux seins de leurs mères'—et pour son ìmpudence i' fut raccourchi de daeux jours, et Janvier fut aloigni.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, pages 530-31:

February said to January:—If I were in your place I would cause the pots to freeze on the fire, and babes at their mothers' breasts—and for his insolence he was shortened of two days, and January was lengthened.


langue

From Old French langue, from Latin lingua.

Le cul d'un sac et la langue d'une femme gagnent terjoûs.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 543:

The bottom of a sack and the tongue of a woman always win.


gas

From Old French gars, nominative singular form of garçon.


software

(Jersey, computing) software (encoded computer instructions)


accent

From Old French acent, from Latin accentus, from ad + cantus (“song”).


ache

From Old French ache, from Latin apium (“parsley, celery”).

Vert coume ache.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 523:


mauve

mauves (plural)
mâove (alternative)
maoue (alternative)

From Old French mave (“mew”), from Old English mǣw (“mew, seagull”) or Old Norse már, mávar (compare Icelandic mávur), from Proto-Germanic *maihwaz, *maiwaz (“seagull”).


mauve

(Jersey) tree mallow (Malva arborea, syn. Lavatera arborea)


pi

pis (plural)
pyid (alternative)
pid (alternative)

From Old French pié, from Latin pēs, pedis, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.


picture

From Old French picture, borrowed from Latin pictūra (“the art of painting, a painting”) (compare the inherited Old French form peinture), from pingō, pingere (“paint; decorate, embellish”), from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“spot, color”).


air

air (mixture of gases that make up the earth's atmosphere)


parent

parents (plural)
pathent (alternative Jersey)

From Old French parent, from Latin parēns, parentem, from pariō, parere (“bring forth, give birth to, produce”).


cousin

head

cousin m (plural cousins, feminine cousaine)

cousins (plural)
cousaine (feminine)
couôsîn (alternative)
couôthîn (alternative)

From Old French cosin, from Latin cōnsobrīnus.

I' n' y a pas de cousins à Terre-Neuve.


expression

Borrowed from Latin expressiō, expressiōnem (“a pressing out”).


rue

From Old French rue, developed figuratively from Latin ruga (“wrinkle”).

I' n'y a pas de rue sàns but.


martyr

From Ecclesiastical Latin martyr, from Ancient Greek μάρτυρ (mártur), later form of μάρτυς (mártus, “witness”).


rose

rose à tchian

common or round-headed poppy, long-headed poppy

rose d'un jour

fragrant evening primrose, large-flowered evening primrose, small-flowered evening primrose


taupe

From Old French taupe, from Latin talpa.


boulevard

From Old French bollevart (“promenade, avenue, rampart”), from German Bollwerk or Middle Dutch.


bouton

From Old French boton, from Late Latin *bottōnem, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bautō (“that which pushes up, bump, knob”).


train

From Old French train (“a delay, a drawing out”), from trainer (“to pull out, to draw”), from Vulgar Latin *tragināre, from *tragere, from Latin trahō, trahere (“pull, draw”, verb).


pain

pains (plural)
pôin (alternative Guernsey)

Où est qu'ill y a un cardon ch'est du pain; où est qu'ill y a du laitron, ch'est la faim.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 538:

Where thistles grow there will be bread; where the sow-thistle grows it is famine.


borne

From Late Latin bodina, butina, from Transalpine Gaulish.


have

Borrowed from Old Norse háfr (“net”), from Proto-Germanic *hēb-, *hēf-, an ablaut form of *hafjaną (“to have; take; catch”). Related to English dialectal haaf (“a pock-net”).


pigeon

Inherited from Old French pyjon, from Late Latin pīpiōnem (“chirping bird”), from Latin pīpiāre (“chirp”).


canal

From Old French canal, from Latin canālis (“channel; canal”).


bra

bras (plural)
brâs (alternative)
bras (alternative Guernsey Jersey)

From Old French bras, from Vulgar Latin *bracium, from Classical Latin bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn).


sang

From Old French sanc, from Vulgar Latin sanguem, alteration of Latin sanguinem, accusative of sanguis.


cause

From Old French cause, borrowed from Latin causa.


change

Borrowed from French change and English change.


piano

Borrowed from English piano and French piano.


if

From Old French if, from either Frankish *īw (from Proto-Germanic *īhwaz) or Gaulish *iwos (“yew, yew tree”) (from Proto-Celtic *iwos, compare Breton ivin, Old Irish eó, Welsh ywen); in either case from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw-. See yew for more.


vote

Borrowed from English vote, from Latin vōtum, from voveō, vovēre (“vow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wegʷʰ-.


u

uûs (plural)
uur (plural)
ieil (alternative)
yi (alternative)

From Old French ueil, from Vulgar Latin oclus, from Latin oculus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”).


mare

Si le soleil est rouage au sèr, / Ch'est pour biau temps aver, / S'il est rouage au matin, / Ch'est la mare au chemin.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 534:

If the sun sets red, it is a sign of fine weather, but when he rises red, you may expect pools of water on the road.


femme

femmes (plural)
fâme (alternative Guernsey)
faume (alternative Guernsey)
faumme (alternative Guernsey)
foume (alternative)
fenme (alternative Cotentin)

From Old French femme, feme, fame, fenme, from Latin fēmina, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-m̥n-eh₂ (“who sucks”), derivation of the verbal root *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck, suckle”).


liège

From Old French, from Vulgar Latin *levius, from Latin levis (“light (in weight)”).


pomme

pommes (plural)
paomme (alternative Guernsey)
poume (alternative)
poumme (alternative Jersey)
pum (alternative Sark)

From Old French pome, pume, from Latin pomme, from Latin pōma, plural of pōmum (“fruit”), from Proto-Italic *poomos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂po-h₁ém-os (“taken off”).


rein

From Old French rein, reins, from Latin rēn, rēnes.


cœur

From Old French cuer, from Vulgar Latin *corem m, from Latin cor n.


huit

From Old French uit, from Latin octō, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.


treize

From Old French treize, treze, from Latin trēdecim.


quarante

From Old French quarante, from Late Latin quarranta, from Latin quadrāgintā.


arbre

De la Toussaint à Noué un arbre ne sait pas chu que nou li fait.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 536:

From All Saints' Day to Christmas a tree does not know what you do to it.


musique

musiques (plural)
mûsique (alternative Jersey)

From Old French musique, from Latin musica, from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ, “art of the Muses”), derived from Μοῦσα (Moûsa, “Muse”).


couleur

couleurs (plural)
couleu (alternative)
couoleu (alternative)

From Old French color, from Latin color, colōrem.


melle

Borrowed from Old Norse mella (“slipknot”).

(Jersey, agriculture) ring which is used to fix an animal


abbé

From Old French abé, borrowed from Latin abbās, abbātis (“abbot”).


co

From Old French colp, coup, from Vulgar Latin *colpus, from Classical Latin colaphus (“blow with the fist; cuff”), from Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos, “blow, slap”).


co

From Old French col, from Latin collum (“neck”).

(Jersey, Guernsey, Normandy, anatomy) neck


pot

From Old French pot (“pot”), from Vulgar Latin pottum, pottus (“pot, jar”), from Frankish *pott, from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot, jar, tub”), from Proto-Indo-European *budn- (“a kind of vessel”).


sole

From Vulgar Latin *sola, from Latin solea.


démocratie

Borrowed from Middle French democratie, from Medieval Latin dēmocratia, from Ancient Greek δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (dēmokrătĭ́ā).


maire

From Old French maire, from Latin maior (“elder”).


zèbre

Trachinus draco
Wikispecies:Trachinus draco

(Jersey) greater weever (Trachinus draco)


profit

From Old French profit, from Latin profectus (“advance, progress, growth, increase, profit”).


restaurant

Either inherited from Old French or borrowed from French.


mission

From Old French mission, borrowed from Latin missiō, missiōnem.


communion

From Old French comunion, borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin communio, communionem, from Latin communis.


vodka

From English vodka, from Russian во́дка (vódka), diminutive of вода́ (vodá, “water”).


vent

From Old French vent, from Latin ventus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).

der

Vent d'amont qui veur duraïr, au sér va se reposaïr.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 533:

An east wind that intends to last, goes to rest in the evening.

r'aver san vent

to get one's breath back, get one's wind back


papier

papiers (plural)
papi (alternative Jersey)


violon

(Jersey) monkfish (Squatina squatina, syn. Rhina squatina)

(Jersey) the tailboard finial on a Jersey horse van


virgule

virgules (plural)
virdgule (alternative)

Borrowed from Latin virgula, diminutive of virga (“rod, branch”).


scorpion

From Old French scorpion, from Latin scorpiō, scorpiōnem, from Ancient Greek σκορπίος (skorpíos).


crocodile

From Old French cocodril, from Medieval Latin cocodrillus, from Classical Latin crocodilus, from Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos).


sort

From Old French sort, from Latin sors, sortem.


front

From Old French front, from Latin frōns, frontem.


papa

(Jersey, onomatopoeia) grandfather, grandad, grandpa


course

From Old French cours, from Latin cursus (“course of a race”), from currō (“run”).


main

mains (plural)
man (alternative)
môin (alternative)

From Old French main, mein, man, from Latin manus (“hand”).


service

From Old French servise, (compare French service), borrowed from Latin servitium, from servus.


seine

From Latin sagēna, from Ancient Greek σαγήνη (sagḗnē, “dragnet”).


pirate

From Old French pirate, from Latin pīrāta, from Ancient Greek πειρατής (peiratḗs), from πεῖρα (peîra, “trial, attempt, plot”).


fromage

fromages (plural)
fronmage (alternative)


harpe

From Old French harpe, from Late Latin harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.


yi

ièrs (plural)
ieil (alternative)
u (alternative)

From older *ye, from Old French ueil, from Vulgar Latin oclus, from Latin oculus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”).


nord

From Old French norht, north, nort (“north”), from Old English norþ (“north”).


arme

From Old French arme, from Late Latin arma (“weapon”), from Latin arma (“defensive arms”).


dragon

From Old French dragon, from Latin dracō, dracōnem, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn).


beet

beets (plural)
baête (alternative)
bête (alternative Guernsey Jersey)

From Old French beste, from Latin bēstia.


trio

Borrowed from English trio, French trio.


latte

From Old French latte, late, from a Germanic source, probably Frankish *latta.


hus

Possibly a Germanic borrowing, as no obvious cognates exist in Romance (the expected inheritance would be Old French porte, such as Jersey dialect porte). Compare Old Norse hús (“house”).

Ils aeurent aën chocque à quànd al'ouvrissi l’hus, dja, la breune avait épaissi tànt qué nous n'pouvait pas quâsi veis sa môin au d'vànt d'sé.

2006, Marie de Garis, “Enne p'tite ôlure”, in P'tites Lures Guernésiaises, Cromwell Press, published 2006, page 24:

They had a shock when they opened the door though; the fog had thickened so much that they could hardly see their hands in front of them.


barbe

From Old French barbe, from Latin barba, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂.


né

From Old French noi and its variants, from Latin nix, nivem.


ambulance

Borrowed from English ambulance and French ambulance.


hangar

Borrowed from French hangar, from Frankish *haimgard.


fils

fils (plural)
fille (feminine)
fis (alternative Jersey)

From Old French fils, fil, from Latin fīlius.


pays

From Old French païs, from Late Latin pāgēnsis (“inhabitant of a district”), derived from Latin pāgus (“countryside; district”).


carte

From Latin charta (probably borrowed), from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, paper”).


bord

(Jersey, nautical) board (side of a ship)


muscle

Borrowed from Latin mūsculus (“a muscle”, literally “little mouse”), from Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs, “mouse, muscle, mussel”).


niche

From Old French niche, from nichier (“make a nest”), from Latin nīdus (“nest”).


large

From Old French large, from Latin largus (“abundant, plentiful, copious, large, much”).


catamaran

Borrowed from English catamaran, from Tamil.


futur

From Latin futūrus, future active participle of sum, esse.


crucifix

crucifix (plural)
cruchefis (alternative)

From Old French crocefis, crucefix, borrowed from Latin crucifixus.


crotchet

From Old French crochet (“small hook”), from croc (with diminutive suffix -et), from Old Norse krókr (“hook”).


dos

From Old French dos, from Vulgar Latin dossum, from Latin dorsum.


nor

From Old French norht, north, nort (“north”), from Old English norþ (“north”), from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą (“north”), from Proto-Indo-European *ner- (“lower, bottom; to sink, shrivel”).


quart

From Old French quart, from Latin quartus.


crêpe

Substantivisation of Old French crespe, from Latin crispus.

Il est pûs niais que Dadais qui se fouittait de crêpes.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 517:

He is more simple than Dadais who flogged himself with pancakes.


whisky

From English whisky, ultimately from Old Irish uisce.


programme

From Late Latin programma (“a proclamation, edict”), from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma, “a written public notice, an edict”).


patron

From Latin patrōnus, from pater (“father”).


office

L'Office du Jèrriais

2010, Mêfie-té des Monstres: Tchiques légendes dé Jèrri, Jersey: Le Don Balleine, L'Office du Jèrriais, →ISBN:


soprano

Borrowed from English soprano, from Italian soprano, from Vulgar Latin *superānus, from Latin super.


saint

From Old French saint, from Latin sanctus (“holy”).


Alpes

(Jersey) Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe)


courge

From Old French cohourge, ultimately from Latin cucurbita, perhaps via Vulgar Latin *cucurbica.


chambre

chambres (plural)
chàmbre (alternative Guernsey)

Borrowed from French chambre, from Old French chambre, from Latin camera.


monstre

From Old French monstre, borrowed from Latin mōnstrum.


dent

From Old French dent, from Latin dēns, dentem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts, *h₃dónts.


por

From Old French porc, from Latin porcus, from Proto-Indo-European *porḱ- (“young swine, young pig”).


motion

Inherited from Old French motion, mocion, borrowed from Latin mōtiō (“movement, motion”).


faux

From Latin falx, from Proto-Indo-European *dhalk-, *dhalg- (“a cutting tool”).


ko

From Old French col, from Latin collum (“neck”).


frère

From Old French frere, from older fredre, fradre, from Latin frāter, frātrem, from Proto-Italic *frātēr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.


soeur

From Old French suer, from Latin soror, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.


lettre

From Old French letre, from Latin littera.

(Jersey) letter (written character, written message)


su

From Old French sud, su (“south”), from Old English sūþ, from Proto-Germanic *sunþrą.


fou

fous (plural)
four (alternative Guernsey)

Inherited from Old French forn, from Latin furnus.


folle

Old French fole, feminine of fol (“mad”) from Latin follis.


goût

From Old French goust, from Latin gustus.


rousse

Scyliorhinus stellaris
Scyliorhinus stellaris#Translingual

(Jersey) nursehound, large-spotted dogfish, greater spotted dogfish, bull huss (Scyliorhinus stellaris)

small-spotted catshark
small-spotted catshark

Scyliorhinus canicula
Scyliorhinus canicula#Translingual

(Jersey) small-spotted catshark, lesser spotted dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula)


duvet

From Old French duvet (“down, the feathers of young birds”), alteration of dumet, dumect, from Old French dum, dun (“down, feathers”), from Old Norse dúnn (“down, down feather”).


mar

mars (plural)
mare (alternative)
mathe (alternative)


haut

hauts (plural)
haû (alternative)
ĥa (alternative)

Galeorhinus galeus
Galeorhinus galeus#Translingual

(Jersey) school shark (Galeorhinus galeus)


page

From Old French page, from Latin pāgina (“page, strip of papyrus fastened to others”).


avant

From Old French avant, from Late Latin ab ante (“before, in front of”), from Latin ab (“from”) + ante (“before”).


avocat

Borrowed from Latin advocātus (“advocate”).


avocat

Borrowed from French avocat, from Spanish aguacate, from Nahuatl āhuacatl. Influenced by confusion with Spanish abogado (“lawyer”).


ciel

From Old French ciel, from Latin caelum.


feu

From Old French feu, from Latin focus (“hearth”).


palais

From Old French, from Vulgar Latin *palātium, an alteration of Classical Latin palātum (“palate”) with influence from palātium (“palace”).


girafe

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der.?
Classical Persian سرنا
Proto-Indo-European *ped-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *pṓds
Proto-Indo-Iranian *pā́ts
Proto-Iranian *pā́dah
Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎭 (p-a-d)
Classical Persian پَا (pā)
Classical Persian زُرْنَاپَا (zurnāpā)bor.
Classical Syriac ܙܪܝܦܐbor.
Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa)bor.
Italian giraffabor.
Middle French giraffe
French girafebor.
Norman girafe
 Borrowed from French girafe, from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa).


camp

From Old Northern French camp (compare Old French champ), from Latin campus, from Proto-Indo-European *kamp- (“to bend; crooked”). Compare French champ.


capel

From Old French capel, from Early Medieval Latin cappellus, diminutive from Late Latin cappa.


pais

From Old French, from Latin pīsum, from Ancient Greek πίσον (píson).


gallon

From Old Northern French galon, from Late Latin galum, galus (“measure of wine”), from Vulgar Latin *galla (“vessel”), possibly from Gaulish [Term?], ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“goblet”).


ange

From Old French angle, ange, angre, from Late Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”).


yo

yos (plural)
iâo (alternative)
iaoue (alternative Guernsey)
ieau (alternative Jersey)

From Old French yaue, ewe, euwe, egua (“water”), from Latin aqua (“water”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water, flowing water”).


père

pères (plural)
péthe (alternative)
pére (alternative)

From Old French pedre, pere, from Latin pater, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.


père

pères (plural)
peire (alternative)
paithe (alternative)

From Old French peire, from Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, reanalyzed as feminine singular.


abat

From Old French abatre, from Late Latin abbattere, from Latin battere.


prison

From Old French prison, from Latin prehensiō, prehensiōnem (“seizing, apprehending, arresting, capturing”).


chapelle

From Old French chapele, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin cappella, diminutive of cappa.


année

années (plural)
annaée (alternative)
onnaïe (alternative Guernsey)

From Old French anee, equivalent to an + -ée; an (“year”) from Latin annus (“year”). Perhaps alternatively from a Vulgar Latin *annāta, from Latin annō, annāre, compare French année, Walloon anêye, Italian annata.


lundi

lundis (plural)
leundi (alternative)
Lundi (alternative)
làndi (alternative)
lũdi (alternative)

From Old French lundi, from Latin *Lūnae diēs, variant of diēs Lūnae (literally “day of the Moon”).


justice

From Old French justise, justice, borrowed from Latin iūstitia, jūstitia (“righteousness, equity”), from iūstus (“just”), from iūs (“right”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-.


cannabis

Borrowed from Latin cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis).


corset

From Old French corset, from cors (“body”) + -et.


seiche

From Latin sēpia, from Ancient Greek σηπία (sēpía).


parapet

Borrowed from French parapet, from Italian parapetto.


export

Borrowed from English export, from Latin exportō, exportāre (“carry out; export”).


rage

Inherited from Old French rage, from Late Latin rabia, from Classical Latin rabiēs (“anger, fury”).


sport

(Jersey) sport (physical activity pitting two or more opponents against each other)


genre

From Old French gen(d)re, borrowed from Latin genere.


gorge

From Old French gorge, from Late Latin gurga, related to Latin gurges (“eddy, whirlpool; gulf; sea”).

Le cou-cou s'en va en Août, / L'épi d'orge li pique la gorge.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 535:

The cuckoo departs in August, / The barley-spike pricks his throat.


cannot

Related to French cane (“(female) duck”) and canard (“duck; drake”); see there for more. Cognate with French canot (“little boat”).


patate

Jersey

Borrowed from French patate, from Spanish patata, from Taíno batata.


cache

Middle French cache, from Northern Old French cache, deverbal of cachier.

cache à l'houme

cache oû trésor

cache ès œufs


fro

From Old French froc (“frock, a monk's gown or habit”), from Frankish *hrokk (“robe, tunic”), from Proto-Germanic *hrukkaz (“robe, garment, cowl”), variant of *rukkaz (“upper garment, smock, shirt”), from Proto-Indo-European *rug(')- (“upper clothes, shirt”).


lac

From Old French lac, from Latin lacus (“lake”), from Proto-Italic *lakus, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”).


lavabo

From Latin lavābō (“I will wash”), first-person singular future active indicative of lavō, lavāre (“wash, bathe”).


mort

From Old French mort, from Latin mors, mortem.


tapis

From Old French tapiz, from Vulgar Latin *tappetium, from Byzantine Greek ταπήτιον (tapḗtion), from Ancient Greek τάπης (tápēs), from an Iranian source.


fête

From Old French feste, from Late Latin fēsta, from the plural of Latin fēstum.


caution

From Old French caution, borrowed from Latin cautiō, cautiōnem.


chef

From Old French chief, chef, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput (“head”), from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-, *kaput-.


douche

Borrowed from French douche, from Italian doccia.


fain

From Old French foin, from earlier fein, from Latin fēnum, from faenum.

Si tu vois le soleil le jour de la Chandeleur, sauve le foin, car tu en auras besoin.

If you see the sun on Candlemas Day, save your hay for you will want it.


lot

From Frankish *lot, from Proto-Germanic *hlutą.


mite

From Old French mitte (“kind of insect which gnaws on cloth or cheese”), from Middle Dutch mīte (“moth, mite”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *mītǭ (“biting insect”, literally “cutter”).


route

From Old French rote, from Latin rupta [via].


argent

From Old French argent m, from Latin argentum n (possibly a borrowing), itself from Proto-Italic *argentom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥ǵn̥tóm, from *h₂erǵ- (“white”).

ergent (alternative)
ardjã (alternative)


jalousie

Dianthus barbatus
Dianthus barbatus#Translingual

(Jersey) sweet william (Dianthus barbatus)


temps

From Old French temps, from Latin tempus.


novembre

novembres (plural)
Novembre (alternative)

From Old French novembre, from Latin november, novembrem.


lait

From Old French lait, from Late Latin lactem, from Latin lac, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵlákts. Compare French lait.


acteur

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acteur m (plural acteurs, feminine actrice)


fort

From Old French fort, from Latin fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-.


district

Borrowed from French district, from Medieval Latin districtus (“a district within which the lord may distrain, also jurisdiction”), from Latin districtus, past participle of distringō, distringere (“draw asunder, compel, distrain”), from dis- (“apart”) + stringō, stringere (“draw tight, strain”).


nouvelle

From Old French novele, from Vulgar Latin *novella, substantivized neuter plural form of Latin novellus (“new, novel”).


ancre

From Old French ancre, from Latin ancora (“anchor”).


encre

From Old French enque, from Late Latin encaustum, from Ancient Greek ἔγκαυστον (énkauston).


âne

From Old French asne, from Latin asinus.

L'âne de Balaam a pâlaï j'airon du macré.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 539:

Balaam's ass has spoken, we shall soon have mackerel.


vaisselle

From Old French vaissele, veissele, from Vulgar Latin vāscella, from the neuter plural of Late Latin vāscellum, diminutive of Latin vāsculum, diminutive of vās (“vessel”).


ranne

rannes (plural)
royne (alternative)
reine (alternative)

From Old French roÿne, reïne, from Latin rēgīna.


hôtel

Either inherited from Old French hostel or borrowed from French hôtel.


autruche

From Old French ostruce, a semi-learned borrowing from Vulgar Latin *austrūthiō, from Latin avis (“bird”) + strūthiō (“ostrich”), from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn).


banane

Borrowed from French banane, ultimately from a West African language such as Wolof banaana.


pâté

From Old French pasté, from Latin pasta.


assistant

head

assistant m (plural assistants, feminine assistante)

assistants (plural)
assistante (feminine)


viande

viandes (plural)
viànde (alternative)
vyãd (alternative)

From Old French viande, from Vulgar Latin *vīvanda, alteration of Latin vīvenda, from the neuter plural form of vīvendus (“which is to be lived”), future passive participle of vīvō, vīvere (“live”, verb).


nez

From Old French nés, from Latin nāsus. Geographical sense likely under influence from Old Norse nes (“headland”). See English ness.


pont

From Old French pont, from Latin pōns, pontem.


reine

reines (plural)
ranne (alternative)
royne (alternative)

From Old French royne, reine, from Latin rēgīna.


ville

From Old French ville, from Latin vīlla (“country house”).

Trachier la ville par Torteval.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 540:

To seek for the town by way of Torteval.


console

(Jersey) Russian comfrey (Symphytum × uplandicum)


grange

From Old French grange, from Vulgar Latin *grānica, from Latin grānum (“grain”).


prix

From Old French pris, from Latin pretium (“price, reward”).


rai

From Old French rai, from Latin radius (“spoke”).


matériel

From Old French, from Late Latin māteriālis (“material, made of matter”), from Latin māteria (“wood, material, substance”) from māter (“mother”).


mouton

From Old French mouton, from Vulgar Latin moltō, from Gaulish *multon-, from Proto-Celtic *moltos.


gens

From Old French gens, gent, from Latin gēns, gentis.


sarge

From Old French [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *sarica, from Latin sērica.


mardi

mardis (plural)
Mardi (alternative Jersey)

From Old French mardi, from Latin Mārtis diēs, variant of diēs Mārtis (literally “day of Mars”).


bas

From Old French [Term?], from Late Latin bassus.


laine

From Old French lainne, leine, from Latin lāna.


fille

From Old French fille, from Latin fīlia.

A quànd les filles sufflent le guiablle s'éhuque.

When girls whistle the devil laughs outright.


mais

From Old Northern French meis, from Latin mēnsis.


mé

mers (plural)
maïr (alternative)
me (alternative)

From Old French mer, from Latin mare, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.


sé

From Old French seir, soir, from Latin sērō (“at a late hour, late”), from sērus (“late”).


sé

From Old French sel, from Latin sāl, salem.


forêt

forêts (plural)
fouorêt (alternative Guernsey)

From Old French forest, from Early Medieval Latin forestis.


robe

From Old French robe, robbe, reube (“booty, spoils of war; robe, garment”), from Frankish *rouba, *rauba (“booty, spoils, stolen clothes”, literally “things taken”), from Proto-Germanic *raubō, *raubaz, *raubą (“booty, that which is stripped or carried away”), from Proto-Indo-European *reup- (“to tear, peel”).


terre

From Old French terre, from Latin terra (“earth”).


enfant

From Old French enfant, from Latin infans.


corde

From Old French corde, borrowed from Latin chorda (“gut”).


abus

From Old French abus (“improper use”), from Latin abūsus (“misused, using up”), perfect active participle of abūtor, abūtī (“use up, exhaust, consume; waste, squander; misuse, abuse; use improperly”).


amour

I' vit d'amour et de belles chànsons—coum' les alouettes de roques.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 542:

He lives on love and fine songs—as larks do on stones.


pêche

From Old French pesche, from Vulgar Latin *pessica (cf. Medieval Latin pesca), from Late Latin persica, from Latin persicum.


couronne

couronnes (plural)
couorône (alternative)
couoronne (alternative)
couraonne (alternative)

From Old French corone, from Latin corōna, from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “garland, wreath”).


sonde

From Old French sonde (“sounding line”), from Old English [Term?].


nom

From Old French nom (whence French nom), from Latin nōmen (whence Italian nome, Portuguese nome, Spanish nombre), from Proto-Italic *nomən, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (whence Ancient Greek ὄνομα (ónoma), Russian и́мя (ímja), Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), English name).


fé

From Old French fer, from Latin ferrum (“iron”).


pronom

From Latin pronomen, which is a calque of Ancient Greek ἀντωνυμία (antōnumía).


vrai

vraicque (alternative)
vré (alternative)
vraic (alternative)

From a Germanic source; compare English wrack, Dutch wrak, German Wrack.

brîngeais

bladder wrack; toothed wrack, serrated wrack; egg wrack, knotted wrack

crochet

channelled wrack; egg wrack, knotted wrack

plîse

grass-wrack, sea-wrack, eelgrass; small vraic washed up


salle

From Old French sale (“a large room, large reception hall”), from Frankish *sal (“dwelling, house, entrance hall”), from Proto-Germanic *salą (“dwelling, house, hall”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“human settlement, village, dwelling”).


poule

From Old French poule, from Vulgar Latin pulla, feminine form of Latin pullus (“rooster”).

séthée ès poules

bachelorette party, hen night, hen party


portico

Borrowed from English portico, ultimately from Latin porticus.


samedi

samedis (plural)
Sanm'di (alternative)
sammedi (alternative)
somedi (alternative)
samdi (alternative)

From Old French samedi, from Vulgar Latin *sambati diēs, from Latin Sabbati diēs < diēs Sabbati (“day of the Sabbath”).


sente

From Latin sēmita (“narrow way, footpath”).


tête

From Old French teste, from Latin testa (“pot, jug, brick”).


ventre

ventres (plural)
vãtr (alternative Sark)

From Old French ventre, from Latin venter, ventrem.

(Jersey, Guernsey, anatomy) belly, stomach


scène

From Latin scaena, scena, from Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ, “scene, stage”).

uder

Înmaginne la scène

2010, Mêfie-té des Monstres: Tchiques légendes dé Jèrri, Jersey: Le Don Balleine, L'Office du Jèrriais, →ISBN, page 6:


oreille

oreilles (plural)
orêle (alternative)
ouothelle (alternative)

From Old French oreille, from Vulgar Latin oricla, from Latin auricula, diminutive of auris (“ear”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws.

Chu qu' nou n'a jamais veu, et jamais ne verra,
 Ch'est le nic d'une souaris dans l'oreille d'un cat.

One thing you have never seen and will never see, a mouse's nest in a cat's ear.


homosexuel

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homosexuel m (plural homosexuels, feminine homosexuelle)

homosexuels (plural)
homosexuelle (feminine)

Borrowed from English homosexual or French homosexuel.


homosexuelle

female equivalent of homosexuel (“homosexual”)


soupe

From Old French souppe, sope, from Late Latin suppa (“sopped bread”), from Proto-Germanic *supô.

S'il ne l'a en breuf, il l'aira en soupe.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 513:

If he does not get it in broth, he'll get it in soup.

Trop d'couques gâtent la soupe sans doute, et ché s'sait mus d'penser coumme tchi agrandi la pâte ou affêtchi la soupe au run d'hèrtchîngni tréjous pouor la manniéthe d'la cop'thie, ou la manniéthe dé couté ou d'dréch'rêsse.

2013 March 25, Geraint Jennings, “Mar martello”, in The Town Crier, archived from the original on 2016-03-13, page 20:

Too many cooks no doubt spoil the broth, and it'd be better to think about how to make the pie bigger or thicken the soup instead of always arguing over how to carry out the cutting or what type of knife or ladle to use.


castor

Borrowed from French castor, from Latin castor (“beaver”).


Lundi

Lundis (plural)
leundi (alternative)
lundi (alternative)
làndi (alternative)
lũdi (alternative)

From Old French lundi, from Vulgar Latin *Lūnae dīēs, from Latin dīēs Lūnae (literally “day of the Moon”).


boutique

boutiques (plural)
bouotique (alternative Cotentin)

Borrowed from Old Occitan botica (or French boutique), from Latin apothēca, from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, “repository, storehouse”).


richard

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richard m (plural richards, feminine richarde)


bison

From Middle French bison, from Latin bisōn, bisōnt- (“wild ox”), from Proto-Germanic *wisundaz (“wild ox, aurochs”).


huile

From Old French oile, from Latin oleum, from olea (“olive”), from Ancient Greek ἐλαία (elaía, “olive”).


dette

From Old French dete, from Latin dēbita, plural of dēbitum.


joe

joes (plural)
jaue (alternative)
jouoe (alternative)

From Old French joe, from Vulgar Latin *ga(v)ota. Compare French joue.


cassette

From Old French casse (“case”) + -ette (diminutive).


crème

From Old French cresme, from Late Latin crāmum, a blend of Gaulish *crama and Late Latin chrisma (“ointment”).


talon

From Old French talon (“heel, spur”), from Vulgar Latin *talonis, from Latin talus.

T'as acouare les jaunes talons.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 520:


garde

From Old French guarde, of Germanic origins.


habits

From Old French habit, from Latin habitus (“condition, bearing, state, appearance, dress, attire”), from habeō (“I have, hold, keep”).


chandelle

Borrowed from French chandelle, from Latin candēla. In Jersey, displaced the native cognate candelle.


juré

From Old French juré, from Latin iūrātus. Cf. juther.


sabbat

From Latin sabbata, sabbatum, from Ancient Greek σάββατον (sábbaton, “Sabbath”).


juge

From Old French juge, from Latin iūdicem, jūdicem, accusative singular of iūdex.


bête

bêtes (plural)
baête (alternative)
beet (alternative)

From Old French beste, from Latin bēstia.

I' va d'vànt ses bêtes.


tuore

tuores (plural)
touoré (alternative)
touothé (alternative)
touathé (alternative)

From an Old Northern French variant of Old French torel (compare French taureau), a diminutive of tor, taur, from Latin taurus.


sorte

From Old French sorte, borrowed from Latin sors, sortem. Cf. sort.


duc

From Old French duc, borrowed from Latin dux, ducem, from dūcō, dūcere (“lead, guide”).

Coordinate term: duchêsse


bras

bras (plural)
brâs (alternative)
bra (alternative Sark)

From Old French bras, from Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn).


chaîne

From Old French chaine, chaene (“chain”), from Latin catēna (“chain”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kat- (“to braid, twist; hut, shed”).


parti

From Old French partie, from Medieval Latin partīta (“a part, party”), from Latin partīta, feminine past participle of partior, partīrī (“divide”).


mathe

mathes (plural)
mare (alternative)
mar (alternative)


dé

dés (plural)
deigt (alternative Guernsey)

From Old French doit, doi, from Latin digitus.

s'mettre l'dé dans l'yi

to put one's foot in it; to put one's finger in one's eye


savon

From Old French savon (“soap”), from Latin sāpōnem, accusative singular of sāpō (“soap”), from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ (“soap”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out, drip, strain, trickle”).


prescription

From Old French prescripcion, borrowed from Latin praescriptio, praescriptionem.


matin

From Old French matin, from Latin mātūtīnus (“of the morning”), from Mātūta (“goddess of morning”).

If the sun is red in the evening, it is a sign of fine weather, but when he is red in the morning, you may expect pools of water on the road.


ete

From Old French esté, from Latin aestās, aestātem.

spring France: renouvé Guernsey: r'nouvé () Jersey: èrnouvé () Sark: rnuve ()

éto Guernsey: étaï () Jersey: êté () Sark: ete ()

autumn France: arryire Guernsey: autaomme () Jersey: s'tembre () Sark: otum ()

winter France: hivé Guernsey: hivaer () Jersey: hivé () Sark: ive ()


minne

From Old French mine, from Late Latin mina, from Gaulish *mēnā (“ore, mine”).


politique

From Latin polīticus, from Ancient Greek πολῑτικός (polītikós, “civic, constitutional, public”), from πόλις (pólis, “city”).


mère

mères (plural)
méthe (alternative)
mer (alternative)

From Old French medre, mere, from Latin māter, mātrem, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, pages 530-31:

February said to January:—If I were in your place I would cause the pots to freeze on the fire, and babes at their mothers' breasts—and for his insolence he was shortened of two days, and January was lengthened.


forme

From Old French forme, borrowed from Latin forma.


février

févriers (plural)
Févri (alternative)
févryi (alternative)
févérier (alternative)
fevri (alternative)

From Old French fevrier, Late Latin Febrārius, from Latin Februārius.


chanson

Borrowed from French chanson f. Replaced the native word cânchon f, also from Latin cantiō f.


fée

From Vulgar Latin Fāta (“goddess of fate”), from the plural of Latin fātum (“fate”).


aimant

From Vulgar Latin *adimantis, a form of *adimas, from Latin adamās (“hard iron”).


bourse

English: burse

From Old French borse, Late Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide”).

Capsella bursa-pastoris
Capsella bursa-pastoris#Translingual

(Jersey) shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)

Valerianella locusta
Valerianella locusta#Translingual

(Jersey) corn salad (Valerianella locusta)


pum

pums (plural)
paomme (alternative Guernsey)
pomme (alternative Jersey)
poumme (alternative Jersey)
poume (alternative)

Inherited from Old French pomme, from Latin pōma, plural of pōmum (“fruit”).


août

From Old French aoust, from Vulgar Latin agustus, from Latin augustus.


décembre

From Old French decembre, a borrowing from Latin december, decembrem.


jour de l'an

jours de l'an (plural)
Jour dé l'An (alternative Jersey)


hache

From Old French hache, from Frankish *happjā, from Proto-Germanic *hapjǭ, *habjǭ (“knife”).


correspondent

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correspondent m (plural correspondents, feminine correspondente)

correspondents (plural)
correspondente (feminine)


Jèrriais

Jèrriais (plural)
Djeryee (alternative)
Gueriais (alternative)

(Jersey, continental) Jerseyman, someone from Jersey


Guernésiais

Guernésiais (plural)
Gùernésiais (alternative)
Dgèrnésiais (alternative)


mousse

Borrowed from French mousse, from Spanish mozo.


bourdon

From Old French bordon (“bumblebee, drone, beetle, insect”), from Medieval Latin burdo.

der

Ch'est coume un bourdon dans une canne.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 524:


vak

vaks (plural)
vacque (alternative)
vaque (alternative)


drogue

Either via French (or Middle French) drogue, or borrowed directly from Middle Dutch droge.


sud

From Old French sud, su (“south”), from Old English sūþ, from Proto-Germanic *sunþrą.

Grànd maïr ou morte iaue,
 La lune au sud, il est basse iaue.

Whether it be spring tides or neap tides, when the moon is due south it will be low water.


discours

Borrowed from Middle French discours, from Late Latin discursus (“the act of running about”).


idée

Borrowed from Latin idea (“a (Platonic) idea; archetype”), from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”), from εἴδω (eídō, “I see”).


compte

Borrowed from French compte, from Latin computus.

I' n'en prend ni compte ni taille.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 519:


banque

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench, counter”).


volaille

volailles (plural)
volâlle (alternative)
volâle (alternative)
volaïle (alternative Guernsey)
volaaly (alternative Sark)

From Old French volille, volleille, from Late Latin volātilia, from Latin volātilis.


ombre

From Old French onbre, from Latin umbra.


beurre

beurres (plural)
buure (alternative)
burre (alternative)
bür (alternative)

From Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron).

faithe eune montangne dé beurre

to do something half-baked; to construct a house of cards; to make a mountain of butter


commandant

head

commandant m (plural commandants, feminine commandante)

commandants (plural)
commandante (feminine)


maître

maître m (plural maîtres, feminine maitrêsse)

maîtres (plural)
maitrêsse (feminine)
maît' (alternative)

From Old French maistre, from Latin magister, magistrum.


heu

Compare English hoy, Dutch hui, German Heu.


bec

Borrowed from Old Norse bekkr (“brook, creek, stream”).

bor

river (cf. English: beck, a stream or small river)


gant

From Old French guant, from Frankish *want, from Proto-Germanic *wantuz (“glove”).


garçon

Borrowed from French garçon. Displaced native hardé.


salut

From Old French salut, from Latin salūs, salūtem.


pape

From Old French pape, from Latin papa, from Ancient Greek πάππας (páppas).


manche

From Old French manche, from Latin manica, from manus (“hand”) (compare main).


mur

From Old French mur, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mei (“to fix, to build fortifications or fences”).


mont

From Old French mont, from Latin montem, accusative of mōns.


pasteur

From Old French pastur, pastor, borrowed from Latin pastor, pastōrem (“shepherd”).


lapin

Où 'est qu'il y a du crottin, il y a du lapìn.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 516:

Where you see their droppings, you may expect to find rabbits.


alouette

alouettes (plural)
alouaette (alternative)

From Old French aloëte, diminutive of aloe, from Latin alauda, from Gaulish [Term?].


raz

Borrowed from Old Norse rás (“current, channel”).


poing

From Old French poing (“hand”), from Latin pugnus.


taon

From Old French täun, tahon, toon, from Vulgar Latin *tabōnem, accusative of *tabō, from Latin tabānus (“gadfly, horsefly”).


gars

Germanic borrowing, probably from Frankish *gard (“spike, stick”) (with reference to the male's penis).


île

From Old French isle, from Vulgar Latin *isula, from Classical Latin īnsula.


pieuvre

pieuvres (plural)
peuvre (alternative)
pievre (alternative)
pövr (alternative)

From Old Northern French puerve, from Latin polypus, from Ancient Greek πολύπους (polúpous, “several feet”).


kut

From Old French coute, code (“elbow”), from Latin cubitum, from cubō, cubāre (“lie down, recline”).


coudre

From Old French coudre, from Latin corylus.


pret

prets (plural)
praï (alternative)
pré (alternative)


nyit

nyits (plural)
niet (alternative)
gniet (alternative)
gniaette (alternative)

From Old French noit, nuit, from Latin noctem, accusative of nox, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.


fièvre

From Old French fievre, from Latin febris.


broche

Inherited from Old French broche, from Vulgar Latin brocca, feminine substantive of Classical Latin broccus (“pointed, sharp”).


carreau

From Old French quarel, from Vulgar Latin *quadrellus, from Classical Latin quadrus.


ris

From Old French ris for earlier *rifs (plural), probably borrowed from Old Norse rif (“reef”), from Proto-Germanic *ribją (“rib, reef”).


présent

présents (plural)
persent (alternative Guernsey)


roué

roués (plural)
rouai (alternative)
rwe (alternative)


souper

From Old French soper, derived from supe, sope (“soup”) (modern French soupe).


trompette

From Old French trompette (“trumpet”), diminutive of trompe (“horn, trump, trumpet”), of Germanic origin.


pré

prés (plural)
praï (alternative)
pret (alternative)


projet

From Latin prōiectum (“projection”), from prōiectus, perfect passive participle of prōiciō, prōicere (“throw forth, extend; expel”).


astronomie

From Old French astronomie, borrowed from Latin astronomia, from Ancient Greek ἀστρονομία (astronomía), from ἄστρον (ástron, “star”) + νόμος (nómos, “law”).


baie

Uncertain; probably from Late Latin baia.


cour

From Old French cort, from Latin cortem, accusative of cors, shortening of cohors.


foule

From Old French foulc (“people, multitude, crowd, troop”), from Vulgar Latin, from Frankish *folk (“crowd, multitude, people”), from Proto-Germanic *fulką (“collection or class of people, multitude; host of warriors”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”).


éléphant

éléphants (plural)
êléphant (alternative)

Borrowed from Middle French elephant, itself a learned borrowing from Latin elephantus, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφας, ἐλέφαντος (eléphas, eléphantos).

ἐλέφας, ἐλέφαντος


rhinocéros

Borrowed from French rhinocéros, from Latin rhīnocerōs, from Ancient Greek ῥινόκερως (rhinókerōs), composed of ῥίς, ῥινός (rhís, rhinós, “nose”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”).


frange

From Old French frenge, from Vulgar Latin *frimbia, metathesis of Late Latin fimbria, singular of Latin fimbriae (“fibers, threads, fringe”).


rosse

Borrowed from French rosse, from Old French roche, *rosse (“bad horse”), from Frankish *hros (“horse”), from Proto-Germanic *hrussą (“horse, steed”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”).


sarde

Pagellus bogaraveo
Pagellus bogaraveo#Translingual

red sea bream, blackspot sea bream (Pagellus bogaraveo)


côtelette

From Middle French costelette (“little rib”), a diminutive of Old French coste (“rib, side”), from Latin costa.


conseil

Borrowed from French conseil, from Latin cōnsilium.


côte

From Old French coste, from Latin costa.


crampe

From Old French crampe, cranpe (“muscular contraction, cramp”), either from Frankish *krampa or from Middle Dutch crampe (“cramp”); both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *krampō (“cramp, clasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *grem- (“to bind together, unite; lap, pile, heap”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to unite, collect, forgather”).


veste

From Latin vestis (“a garment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture”), from Proto-Indo-European *wes-ti(h₂)-, from *wes- (“to be dressed”).


lièvre

Inherited from Old French lievre, from Latin leporem.


collet

From Latin collum (“neck”) (modern co) + -et.

Laminaria digitata
Laminaria digitata#Translingual

Laminaria saccharina
Laminaria saccharina#Translingual

(Jersey) oarweed (Laminaria digitata, Laminaria saccharina)


braies

From Latin bracae, from Transalpine Gaulish [Term?].

Alle ira sû le coquet de l'Eglise ramendaïr les braies des viers garçons.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, pages 539-40:

She will get a seat on the weather-cock of the church and mend old bachelor's breeches.


pouce

From Old French pouce (“thumb”), from Latin pollex, pollicem.


lèvre

From Old French levre, earlier lavras (plural), from Vulgar Latin labra, originally a neuter plural of Latin labrum (“lip”), from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang down, droop”).


rempart

From Old French rempart, from remparer (“to defend, fortify, inclose with a rampart”), from re- (“again”) + emparer (“to defend, fortify, surround, seize, take possesion of”), from en- + parer (“to defend”).


julienne

(Jersey) European searocket (Cakile maritima)


vérité

From Old French verité, from Latin veritas. displaced native verté.


journée

journées (plural)
journaïe (alternative Guernsey)

From Old French jornee, from Vulgar Latin *diurnāta.


bataille

From Old French bataille, from Late Latin battālia, variant of battuālia, from Latin battuō.


tombe

From Old French tombe, from Late Latin tumba, from Ancient Greek τύμβος (túmbos).


grive

Uncertain. Possibly from the feminine form of Old French grieu, griu, from Latin graecus (“Greek”), the thrush being a migratory bird that had hivernated in Greece.


disque

Borrowed from French disque, from Latin discus, from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos).


outarde

From Latin avis tarda (“slow bird”), contracted in *austarda.


assiette

From Vulgar Latin *assedita, past participle of *assedere, from Latin assideō, assidēre.


carpe

From Old French carpe, from Late Latin carpa, from Gothic *𐌺𐌰𐍂𐍀𐌰 (*karpa).


veuve

From Old French vauve, veve, vedve, from Vulgar Latin *viduva, from Latin vidua.


croyant

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croyant m (plural croyants, feminine croyante)


deu

From Old French duel, from Late Latin dolus, derived from Latin dolor (“pain”), or possibly from Vulgar Latin *dolium, from Latin cordolium (“sorrow of the heart”), from dolor.


botte

From Old French bote, from Frankish *butt.


brache

From Latin (tesa) bracchia (“(outstretched) arms”).


athée

From Latin atheos, from Ancient Greek ἄθεος (átheos, “godless, without God”).


poète

From Old French poete, from Latin poēta, from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs, “poet, writer”).


anis

From Old French anis, from Latin anīsum, from Ancient Greek ἂνισον (ànison).


abbaye

From Old French abaïe, from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbatia.


fraude

From Old French fraude (“deception, fraud”), from Latin fraus, fraudem (“cheating, deceit, guile, fraud”).


crabe

crabes (plural)
crabbe (alternative Guernsey)


vallée

From Old French valee, from val, from Latin vallis.


meurtre

From Old French murtre, mordre (“murder”), from Frankish *murþar (“murder”) from Proto-Germanic *murþrą (“murder, killing, death”), from Proto-Indo-European *mrtro- (“murder, death”), from *mer-, *mor-, *mr- (“to die”).

uder

I' s'confêssit et fut exétchuté pouor lé meurtre du Seigneu d'Hambye

2010, Mêfie-té des Monstres: Tchiques légendes dé Jèrri, Jersey: Le Don Balleine, L'Office du Jèrriais, →ISBN, page 32:

He confessed and was executed for the murder of the Lord of Hambye


trahison

From Old French traïson, from trair, or from Latin trāditiō, trāditiōnem.


bibliothèque

Borrowed from Latin bibliothēca (“library”), from Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη (bibliothḗkē, “book-room”).


péché

From Old French pechié, from Latin peccātum.


armée

From Old French armee, from the feminine past participle of the verb armer, from Anglo-Norman armee, borrowed from Medieval Latin armāta (“armed force”), the neuter plural form of the past participle of Latin armō (“to arm”), from arma (“arms, weapons”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos (“fitting”), from the root *h₂er- (“to join”).


chapé

chapieaux (plural)
capé (alternative)
chape (alternative Sark)

From Old French chapel, from Early Medieval Latin cappellus, diminutive from Late Latin cappa.


chape

chapes (plural)
capé (alternative)
chapé (alternative Guernsey Jersey)


bague

Of Germanic origin; see the French entry above.


grève

From Vulgar Latin *grava (attested in Early Medieval Latin; compare French grève), of pre-Latin origin.


paré

From Old French parei, from Late Latin parētem, from Latin parietem. Compare French paroi.


turbé

Ot-tu l'turbé qu'égache en d'sous d'la f'nêtre, / Et qui l'prumier l'aguinche à sa façon?

1883, Denys Corbet, ‘Le R'nouvé’, Patois Poems of the Channel Islands:

Can you hear the mackerel bird beneath the window, the first to welcome her in his own way?


visite

From Latin vīsitō, vīsitāre (“go to see, visit”), frequentative of vīsō, vīsere (“behold, survey”), from videō, vidēre (“see”).


saumon

saumons (plural)
saumaon (alternative)
sâomoun (alternative)

From Old French saumon, from Latin salmō.


charme

Borrowed from French charme, from Old French charme, from Latin carmen (“song, recitement, incantation”).


musée

From Latin mūsēum (“library, study”), from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon, “shrine of the Muses”), from Μοῦσα (Moûsa, “Muse”)).


autel

From Old French autel, borrowed from Latin altāre.


âtre

From Vulgar Latin *astracum, from Ancient Greek.


canne

Borrowed from Old Norse kanna (“big cup”).

Ch'est coume un bourdon dans une canne.


orchestre

From Latin orchēstra, from Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα (orkhḗstra), from ὀρχοῦμαι (orkhoûmai, “to dance”).


anniversaire

anniversaires (plural)
annivèrsaithe (alternative)

From Latin anniversārius (“annual, yearly”), from annus (“year”) + vertō (“I turn, revolve”).


cidre

From Old French cisdre, sidre (“beverage made from fermented apples”), from Medieval Latin sīcera, from Ancient Greek σίκερα (síkera, “fermented liquor, strong drink”).


couverture

From Old French coverture, from Late Latin coopertūra, from Latin coopertus.


tron

From Old French tronc (“alms box, tree trunk, headless body”), from Latin truncus (“a stock, lopped tree trunk”), from truncus (“cut off, maimed, mutilated”).


participe présent

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participe présent m (plural participes présents)


chancre

From Old French chancre, from Latin cancer.

(Jersey, pathology) tumour, verruca; syphilis


cotte

From Old French cotte (“outer garment with sleeves”), from Latin cotta, from Proto-Germanic *kuttô, *kuttǭ (“cowl, woolen cloth, coat”).


cotte

From Old Northern French cote, cot (“hut”), from Old Norse kot (“hut”) and/or Frankish *kotu (“shed”), from Proto-Germanic *kutą, *kutō (“tent, stall, shed, hut”), from Proto-Indo-European *gewd- (“to stretch, curve, vault”).


dommage

From Old French damage, from Vulgar Latin *damnāticum, from Latin damnum, or from an Old French *dam + the suffix -age, probably becoming dommage under the influence of Old French dongier (“danger”).


taxe

From Old French taxer (“to impose a tax”), from Latin taxō, taxāre (“handle; censure; appraise; compute”, verb).


gambe

gambes (plural)
gaumbe (alternative)
gàmbe (alternative Guernsey)
gãb (alternative Sark)

From Old French gambe, from Late Latin gamba, from Ancient Greek καμπή (kampḗ).


veue

(Jersey, cycling, etc.) headlight, headlamp


graisse

From Vulgar Latin *crassia, from Latin crassus.

Nou ne trâche pas de la graïsse dans le nic d'ùn tchien.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 514:

No one thinks of looking for fat in a dog's kennel.


gâche

I' peut mànger sa gâche dorâïe des daeux bords.

He can eat his cake buttered on both sides.

La vieille Louise était embarrassaïe à faire sa pâte pour sa gâche, et v'là daon aen tappe à l'hus.

2006, Peggy Collenette, “D'la gâche de Guernési”, in P'tites Lures Guernésiaises, Cromwell Press, published 2006, page 20:

Old Louise was busy making her dough for her gâche, and there was a knock at the door.


moutarde

From Old French moustarde, from moust (“must”), from Latin mustum.


magie

From Latin magīa, from Ancient Greek μαγεία (mageía).


grand-père

grands-pères (plural)
grand-péthe (alternative)

From grand- (“grand-”) + père (“father”).


dogme

From Latin dogma (“philosophical tenet”), from Ancient Greek δόγμα (dógma, “opinion, tenet”), from δοκέω (dokéō, “I seem good, think”).


galette

galettes (plural)
galaette (alternative Guernsey)


colombe

From Old French colombe, from Latin columba.


mielle

Borrowed from Old Norse melr, mjalʀ (compare melgreu (“marram, beachgrass”)).


mogue

Borrowed from Old Norse [Term?] (compare Swedish mugg, Danish and Norwegian mugge).


gradile

Borrowed from Old Norse gaddr (“thorn”).


bète

From Old Norse beit (“pasture”), beita (“food, bait”).


c'mînse

c'mînses (plural)
quémînse (alternative)
qu'minse (alternative)

From an Old Northern French variant of Old French chemise, cemise, from Late Latin camisia, from Transalpine Gaulish, of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją.


léçon

Borrowed from French leçon. Displaced native lichon, also from Latin lēctiō, lēctiōnem.


hielle

hielles (plural)
huile (alternative Guernsey)

From Old French olie, from Latin oleum. Cognate with French huile.


tchoeu

tchoeux (plural)
tchoeurs (plural)
tchoeur (alternative Guernsey)
qùœu (alternative)
kyör (alternative Sark)
cœur (alternative)

From Old French cuer, from Vulgar Latin *corem m, from Latin cor n.

Alleunme touos nos tchoeux!


tchoeu

tchoeurs (plural)
tchoeur (alternative Guernsey)
qùœu (alternative)
kyör (alternative Sark)
cœur (alternative)

From Old French quer, from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós, “company of dancers or singers”).


êfant

From Old French enfant, probably borrowed from Latin infans, infantem.

Février dit à Janvier:—'Si j'étais à votre pièche je f'rais gelaïr le pots sus le faeu et les p'tits éfàns aux seins de leurs mères'—et pour son ìmpudence i' fut raccourchi de daeux jours, et Janvier fut aloigni.


archange

From Old French archangle, borrowed from Latin archangelus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχάγγελος (arkhángelos) from ἀρχ- (arkh-) + ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”).


lian

From Old French [Term?], from Latin ligamen (“bond”), from ligare (“to bind”).


scrobbine-broche

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scrobbine-broche f (plural scrobbine-broches)


vraic

From a Germanic source; compare English wrack, Dutch wrak, German Wrack, ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *wrekaną (“to drive out”).

der

Pouit de vraic, pouit de haugard.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 537:


Dgèrnésiais

Dgèrnésiais (plural)
Guernésiais (alternative)
Gùernésiais (alternative)

(Jersey) Guernseyman, someone from Guernsey


nonne

From Old French none, nonain, from Late Latin nonna.


caméra

Borrowed from English camera, from New Latin camera obscura (“dark chamber”), from Latin camera (“chamber, bedchamber”), from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “anything with an arched cover, a covered carriage or boat, a vaulted chamber, a vault”).


siège

From Old French siege, sege, seige, from Vulgar Latin *sedicum, from Latin sedem.


collègue

From Latin collega (“a partner in office”), from com- (“with”) + lēgō, lēgāre (“despatch, send on an embassy”), from lex (“law”).


bür

bürs (plural)
buure (alternative)
burre (alternative)
beurre (alternative)

From Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron).


pliante

pliantes (plural)
pllànte (alternative Guernsey)
pllaunte (alternative)
pyãt (alternative Sark)

From Old French plante, from Latin planta.


preuve

From Old French prueve, from Latin proba.


librairie

From Latin libraria, from liber (“book”).


contrat

From Old French contract, borrowed from Latin contractum, past participle of contrahō, contrahere (“bring together, bring about, conclude a bargain”), from con- (“with, together”) + trahō, trahere (“draw, pull”).


musicien

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musicien m (plural musiciens, feminine musicienne)

musiciens (plural)
musicienne (feminine)


courrier

Compare French courrier, Medieval Latin currerius.


laitue

From Old French laitue, from Latin lactūca.


patte

(Jersey, nautical) fluke (arm of anchor)


hallebarde

Borrowed from French hallebarde, from Middle High German halmbarte (“broad-axe with handle”), from halm (“handle”) + barte (“hatchet”).


stratégie

From Old French strategie, from Ancient Greek στρατηγία (stratēgía, “office of general, command, generalship”), from στρατηγός (stratēgós, “the leader or commander of an army, a general”), from στρατός (stratós, “army”) + ἄγω (ágō, “I lead, I conduct”).


technologie

Borrowed from French technologie, from Ancient Greek τεχνολογία (tekhnología).


bruta

From Medieval Latin brutālis (“savage, stupid”), from Latin brūtus (“dull, stupid”).


collège

From Old French college, from Latin collēgium.


cathédrale

Borrowed from Late Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin cathedrālis, from cathedra, from Ancient Greek καθέδρᾱ (kathédrā, “seat”).


répétition

Borrowed from Latin repetītiō, repetītiōnem.


sauge

From Old French sauge, from Latin salvia.


papi

papièrs (plural)
papier (alternative Guernsey)

paper (material used for writing or printing on, made from cellulose pulp rolled into thin sheets; official documents)


candidat

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candidat m (plural candidats, feminine candidate)

From Latin candidātus (“a person who is standing for public office”), from candidus (“candid, white”), in reference to Roman candidates wearing bleached white togas as a symbol of purity at a public forum.


cosmologie

From Medieval Latin cosmologia, from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “world”) + -λογία (-logía, “treating of”), combination form of -λόγος (-lógos, “one who speaks (in a certain manner)”).


marchi

From Old French marchié, from Latin mercātus.


teet

From Old French teste, from Latin testa (“pot, jug, brick”).


myi

From Old French miel, from Vulgar Latin *melem m or f, from Latin mel n.


paon

From Old French paon, from Latin pāvōnem.


fossile

From Latin fossilis (“something which has been dug up”), from fodio (“I dig up”).


geniche

geniches (plural)
géniche (alternative Jersey)

From an Old Northern French variant of Old French genice, from Vulgar Latin *ienicia, *jenicia, alteration of *iunicia, from Latin iūnix (“young cow, calf, heifer”).


veisin

Alternative form of vaîsîn (“neighbour”)


tempête

tempêtes (plural)
tempaête (alternative)
taompette (alternative)

From Old French tempeste, from Latin tempesta.


alentours

From Old French a l'entor, reinterpreted as a noun, then as a plural noun.


puk

puks (plural)
pouque (alternative Jersey)

From Old Northern French poque, puque (compare Old French puche, modern French poche), from Old Norse poki. Compare also English pocket, poke (noun) from the same source through Anglo-Norman.


tambour

Borrowed from French tambour (“drum”), ultimately from Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr).


llit

llits (plural)
lit (alternative)
lliet (alternative)
llet (alternative)
liet (alternative)
lyet (alternative)

From Old French lit, from Latin lectus (“bed”).


amidon

From Medieval Latin amidum, from Latin amylum, from Ancient Greek ἄμυλον (ámulon). Compare Spanish almidón, Greek άμυλο (ámylo), Hebrew עמילן (amilan).


navet

From a diminutive of Old French nef (“turnip”), from Latin napus.


mât

From Old French mast, from Frankish *mast, from Early Medieval Latin mastus, from Proto-Germanic *mastaz.

Cherne à la lune, jamais n'a fait amenaïr mât d'hune.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 534:

A circle round the has never caused top-mast to be struck.


falaise

falaises (plural)
falaîthe (alternative)

From Old French faleise, faloise, from Frankish *falisa, from Proto-Germanic *falisaz (“rock, cliff”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelis-, *pels- (“rock, cliff”).


toux

From Old French tous, tos, from Latin tussis, tussem.


tyran

From Old French tirant, from Latin tyrannus (“ruler, monarch; tyrant, despot”), from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos, “lord, master, sovereign, tyrant”).


jugement

Old French jugement, equivalent to juger + -ment, or from Late Latin iūdicāmentum, jūdicāmentum, from Latin iūdicō (“pass judgement upon”).


traître

From Old French traïtre, nominative singular of traïtor, from an adaptation of Latin traditor.


journaliste

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journaliste m or f (plural journalistes)


solé

From Old French soleil, from Vulgar Latin *sōliculum.

Si le soleil liet à méjour, le jour de Noué, il y aura bien des faeux l'annaïe ensuivant.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 533:

If the sun shines at noon on Christmas Day, there will be many fires lighted in the ensuing year.


novice

From Old French novice, borrowed from Late Latin novīcius, novīcia (“one who has newly entered a monastery or a convent”), from Latin novīcius, novītius (“new, newly arrived”), from novus (“new”).


foudre

From Old French foudre, from Latin fulgura, nominative plural of fulgur.


pâte

From Old French paste, from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá).


frêne

From Old French fresne, fraisne, from Latin fraxinus.

Il vaut mûx pour ùn houme d'aver un percheux dans son ménage qu'un frêne sur s'n héritage.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 538:

It is better for a man to have a lazy fellow in his service than an ash-tree on his estate.


historien

historien m (plural historiens, feminine historienne)

historiens (plural)
historienne (feminine)

Borrowed from French historien (compare histouaithe (“history”)).


membre

From Old French membre, from Latin membrum (“limb, body part”), from Proto-Indo-European *memso-, *mems-ro (“flesh”).


pé

From Old French peil, from Latin pilus from Proto-Indo-European *pil- (“one string of hair”).


liet

liets (plural)
llit (alternative)
lit (alternative)
lliet (alternative)
llet (alternative)
lyet (alternative)

From Old French lit, from Latin lectus (“bed”).


galaxie

From Old French galaxie, borrowed from Latin galaxiās, from Ancient Greek γαλαξίας (galaxías, “Milky Way”), from γάλα (gála, “milk”).


ruche

From Old French rusche, from Early Medieval Latin rusca (“bark”), from Gaulish *ruskā, from Proto-Celtic *rūsklos (“bark”). Compare Breton rusk, Irish rúsc, Welsh rhisgl and Catalan rusc.


truite

From Old French [Term?], from Late Latin tructa.


biche

From Anglo-Norman biche (“bitch, female dog, doe, hind”), from Middle English bicche (“bitch”). Cognate with French bique (“female goat, horse, old woman”), Icelandic bikkja (“mare, nag”), English bitch.


anarchie

From Medieval Latin anarchia, from Ancient Greek ἀναρχία (anarkhía), from ἀν- (an-, “not”), + ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “power, authority”).


mélodie

From Old French melodie, from Latin melodia, from Ancient Greek μελῳδία (melōidía, “singing, chanting”).


diplôme

Borrowed from French diplôme, from Latin dīplōma, from Ancient Greek δίπλωμα (díplōma, “folded paper, license”), from διπλόω (diplóō, “I double, fold over”), from διπλόος (diplóos, “double”).


compas

compas (plural)
coumpas (alternative)
kõpaa (alternative)


bouffon

Borrowed from French bouffon, from Italian.


géographie

From Latin geōgraphia, from Ancient Greek γεωγραφία (geōgraphía).


barbare

From Latin barbarus (“foreigner, savage”), from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “foreign, strange”), originally onomatopoeic, imitating foreign (non-Greek) speech.


safran

From Old French safran, from Medieval Latin safranum, from Arabic زَعْفَرَان (zaʕfarān).


aspi

(Jersey) spike lavender, French lavender


correspondance

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correspondance f (plural correspondances)


tribord

From Old French estribord, from Old Norse stíorborð, stjórnborði.


gengive

From Old French gingibre, from Late Latin gingiber, from Latin zingiberī, from Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις (zingíberis).


cône

From Old French corne, itself from Latin cornua.


machon

From Old French maçon, masson, machun (“bricklayer”), from Late Latin maciō, machiō (“carpenter, bricklayer”), from a derivative of Frankish *makōn (“to work, build, make”), from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“to knead, mix, make”), conflated with Frankish *mati (“cutter”), from Proto-Germanic *matją, *mattjuk (“ploghshare, mattock”), from Proto-Indo-European *mat- (“hoe, mattock”).


coucou

From Old French cucu, from Latin cucūlus.

En Avril, le coucou crie, s'il est en vie.

In April, the cuckoo sings, if he is alive.


bôme

From a Germanic source (compare Dutch boom), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *baumaz (“tree”).


galant

From Old French galant (“brave; noble; chivalrous”).


raie

From Old French roie, from Gaulish *rica (“furrow”).


pôle

(Jersey, geography, astronomy, sciences) pole


archéologie

From Ancient Greek ἀρχαιολογία (arkhaiología, “antiquarian lore, ancient legends, history”), from ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “primal, old, ancient”) + λόγος (lógos, “speech, oration, study”).


politicien

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politicien m (plural politiciens, feminine politicienne)

politiciens (plural)
politicienne (feminine)

politique + -ien, calque of English politician.


butor

From Old French butor (“bittern”), from Vulgar Latin *butitaurus, from Latin būtiō (“bittern”) + taurus (“bull”).


peintre

From Old French peintre, paintre, from the nominative case of Vulgar Latin *pinctor, from Classical Latin pictor (“painter”).


apôtre

From Old French apostle, apostre, borrowed from Late Latin apostolus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (apóstolos, “one sent forth, apostle”).


prêtre

From Old French prestre, from Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros), from πρέσβυς (présbus, “elder, older”).

(Jersey, Christianity) (Catholic) priest


llet

From Old French lit, from Latin lectus (“bed”).

(Guernsey) Alternative form of lliet (“bed”)

(continental) Alternative form of llit (“bed”)


harmonie

From Old French harmonie, armonie, from Latin harmonia, from Ancient Greek ἁρμονία (harmonía, “joint, union, agreement, concord of sounds”).


myrrhe

From Latin myrrha, from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha).


rosmarin

romathîn (alternative)
romarîn (alternative)

Salvia rosmarinus
Salvia rosmarinus#Translingual

Rosmarinus officinalis
Rosmarinus officinalis#Translingual

(Guernsey) rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus, syn. Rosmarinus officinalis)


mangier

Pays de Bray partially ; Guernesey, Jersey

From Old French mangier. Inherited from Latin mandūcāre. The stressed stem mangeü- comes from Old french (see below).

Du blanc-mangier.

(Kind of porridge, literally "white-food")


année bissextile

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année bissextile f (plural années bissextiles)


légende

legend (story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events)


brique

Borrowed from English brick, French brique.


Ascension

From ascension, from Latin ascēnsiō, ascēnsiōnem.


carte postale

carte postale f (plural cartes postales)


pornographie

From Latin pornographia, from Ancient Greek πορνογράφος (pornográphos).


consonne

From Latin consona, from consonus (adjective).


hâte

From Old French haste, from Frankish *hai(f)st, from Proto-Germanic *haifstiz (“violence”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeyp- (“to ridicule, mock, anger”).


louai

From Old French loi (“law; rule, regulation”), older lei, from Latin lēx, lēgem (“law”).


rabot

A diminutive of Middle Dutch robbe (“rabbit”), of the family of German Robbe (“seal”) and English rabbit. Displaced in Old French plaine from Latin plāna (“plane”).


tresse

From Old French tresce, of uncertain origin.


gâté

From Old French gastel, from Frankish *wastil. Cognate with French gâteau.


pâle

pâles (plural)
pâlle (alternative)
païle (alternative)

From Old French paille, from Latin palea.


fantôme

From Old French fantosme, from Latin phantasma, from Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma).


barbiche

Borrowed from French barbiche, from barbe (“beard”).


tonné

A flleur de Mars—ni pouque ni sac;
 A flleur d'Avril—pouque et baril;
 A flleur de Mai—barrique et touné.

Blossom in March requires neither bag nor sac;
 Blossom in April fills bag and barrel;
 Blossom in May fills hogshead and tun.


couté

coutchieaux (plural)
couoté (alternative)

From Old French coutel, from Latin cultellus, diminutive of culter (“knife, blade of a plough”).

Too many cooks no doubt spoil the broth, and it'd be better to think about how to make the pie bigger or thicken the soup instead of always arguing over how to carry out the cutting or what type of knife or ladle to use.


coute

From Old French coute, code (“elbow”), from Latin cubitum, from cubō, cubāre (“lie down, recline”).


trie

From Late Latin troia (compare French truie), of uncertain origin.


babord

(nautical) port (left-hand side of a vessel)


lampion

Borrowed from English lampion, from French.


combattant

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combattant m (plural combattants, feminine combattante)

combattants (plural)
combattante (feminine)


chronique

From Latin chronicus, from Ancient Greek χρονικός (khronikós, “of time”), from χρόνος (khrónos, “time”).


consulat

From Latin cōnsulātus (“consulate, consulship; the office of consul”), from cōnsul.


astérisque

From Late Latin asteriscus, from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος (asterískos, “little star, asterisk, used in manuscripts to mark passages”), diminutive of ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”).


point virgule

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point virgule m (plural points virgules)

points virgules (plural)
point virdgule (alternative)


collégien

collégien m (plural collégiens, feminine collégienne)

collégiens (plural)
collégienne (feminine)


magicien

magicien m (plural magiciens, feminine magicienne)

magiciens (plural)
magicienne (feminine)


dysenterie

From Old French dissenterie, from Latin dysenteria, from Ancient Greek δυσεντερία (dusentería).


diabète

From Ancient Greek διαβήτης (diabḗtēs, “passing through”), a form of διαβαίνω (diabaínō, “to pass through”); this refers to the excessive amounts of urine produced by sufferers.


croupe

From Old French crope, of Germanic origin.


bourgeon

From Old French bourjon, burjon, from Vulgar Latin *burrio, *burrionem, from Late Latin burra.


tortue

Cf. French tortue. Probably from Old Occitan tortuga, tartuga, from Late Latin tartarucha, feminine form of tartaruchus, a mythological spirit of Greek origin, from Ancient Greek ταρταροῦχος (tartaroûkhos, “inhabitant of Tartarus”), from Τάρταρος (Tártaros). Cf. also Medieval Latin tortuca.


esturgeon

Acipenser sturio
Acipenser sturio#Translingual

(Jersey) Eurasian sea sturgeon (Acipenser sturio)


dromadaire

From Old French dromedaire, from Late Latin dromedārius (“kind of camel”), from Classical Latin dromas, from Ancient Greek δρομὰς κάμηλος (dromàs kámēlos, “running camel”), from δρόμος (drómos, “race course”).

der

δρομὰς κάμηλος


député

From Late Latin dēputātus (“appointed”).


propagande

From New Latin propāganda, short for Congregātiō dē Propagandā Fide, "congregation for propagating the faith".


sauveur

Borrowed from French sauveur, from Late Latin salvātor.


pétale

From Ancient Greek πέταλον (pétalon), from πέταλος (pétalos, “broad, flat”).


tuyau

From Old French tuyau, tueil, tudel (“tube, pipe”), from Frankish *thūta (“pipe”), from Proto-Germanic *þeutǭ (“pipe, channel, flow”), from *þeutaną (“to howl, roar, resound”), from Proto-Indo-European *tu-, *tutu- (“bird-cry, shriek”).


doryphore

Borrowed from French doryphore, from New Latin Doryphora, its former genus.

Leptinotarsa decemlineata
Leptinotarsa decemlineata#Translingual

(biology) Colorado beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata).


tilleul

From Old French tilluel, from Vulgar Latin *tiliōlus, from Latin tilia. Cf. also Old French til.


généalogie

From Old French genealogie, from Late Latin genealogia, from Ancient Greek γενεαλογία (genealogía), from γενεά (geneá, “generation, descent”) and -λογία (-logía, “study of”).


architecte

From Ancient Greek ἀρχιτέκτων (arkhitéktōn, “master builder”), from ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “chief”) + τέκτων (téktōn, “builder”).


spécialiste

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spécialiste m or f (plural spécialistes)


donzelle

From Old French damoisele, from Vulgar Latin *domnicella, from Classical Latin domina (“mistress”), from domus (“house”), from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm, from root *dem- (“to build”).


pumi

pumis (plural)
pommyi (alternative)
poummyi (alternative)
poumyi (alternative)
poummier (alternative)


bisexuel

bisexuel m (plural bisexuels, feminine bisexuelle)

bisexuels (plural)
bisexuelle (feminine)


hypothèque

From Latin hypothēca (“pledge given as surety for a loan”), from Ancient Greek ὑποθήκη (hupothḗkē).


gril

From Old French greïl, graïl (“gridiron”), from graïlle (“grate, grating”), from Latin crātīcula (“gridiron”), diminutive of crātis (“hurdle, wickerwork”), from Proto-Indo-European *kor(ə)t-, *krāt- (“to weave, twist, wattle; wicker”).


valeu

From Old French valur, valeur, from Late Latin valor, valorem, from Latin valeō.


garanti

From Old French guarantie, from the verb guarantir (“to protect, assure, vouch for”), from Vulgar Latin *warantīre, from *warantus, a form of *warīre, from Frankish *warjan.


forfait

From Old French forfait (“crime, offense”).


rouge-gorge

rouges-gorges (plural)
rouoge-gorge (alternative Jersey)


frit

From Old French fruit, from Latin fructus.


fache

From Old French fache, from Late Latin facia, from Latin faciēs (“face, shape”).


sadomasochiste

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sadomasochiste m or f (plural sadomasochistes)


épilepsie

From Old French epilepsie, from Latin epilēpsia, from Ancient Greek ἐπιληψία (epilēpsía).


meule

From Old French mole, muele, from Latin mola.


mitaine

From Old French mitaine, possibly from mite (“pet name for a cat”) (see the French entry above).


dictateur

Borrowed from French dictateur, from Latin dictātor (“a chief magistrate”), from dictō (“dictate, prescribe”), from dīcō (“say, speak”).


symbole

From Latin symbolus, symbolum (“a sign, mark, token, symbol, in Late Latin also a creed”), from Ancient Greek σύμβολον (súmbolon, “a sign by which one infers something; a mark, token, badge, ticket, tally, check, a signal, watchword, outward sign”).


gérant

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gérant m (plural gérants, feminine gérante)


poupe

From Vulgar Latin *puppa, alteration of Latin puppis, possibly through Ligurian (Genoese) popa, cf. French poupe.


pélican

Borrowed from French pélican, from Latin pelecānus, from Ancient Greek πελεκάν (pelekán).


mécanicien

mécanicien m (plural mécaniciens, feminine mécanicienne)

mécaniciens (plural)
mécanicienne (feminine)


cyprès

From Latin cupressus, cypressus, cyparissus, from Ancient Greek κυπάρισσος (kupárissos).


peis

From Old French peis, pois, from Latin pīsum, from Ancient Greek πίσον (píson).

Si nou lli dounne ùn peis i' prend une faïve.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 512:

If you give him a pea, he'll take a bean.


abcès

From Latin abscessus (“a going away; gathering of humors, abscess”), perfect passive participle of abscēdō, abscēdere (“go away, depart”), from abs (“away from”) + cēdō, cēdere (“go”).


banqueroute

Borrowed from French banqueroute, from Italian bancarotta.


bâtard

From Old French bastard (“child of a nobleman by a woman other than his wife”), from Medieval Latin bastardus (“illegitimate child”), from Proto-Germanic *banstuz, *bunstuz (“a bond”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie, bind”).

Bâtard dans sen lignage
Vaut mûx qu'un frène sur s'n héritage.

A bastard in a man's lineage is better than an ash-tree on his estate.


centraliste

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centraliste m or f (plural centralistes)


godet

From Middle French godet, from Dutch kodde (“piece of cylindrical wood”).


trique

From an Old Northern French [Term?] derivative of Old French trichier.


rubis

From Old French rubi, rubin, borrowed from Medieval Latin rubinus, from Latin rubeus (“red, reddish”), from rubeō, rubēre (“be red, ruddy”).


pichet

From Old French pichier, bichier, from Late Latin pīcārium, bīcārium, itself possibly from bacarium, or from Ancient Greek βῖκος (bîkos).


vessie

From Old French vessie, from Latin vessīca, variant of vēsīca.


biotechnologie

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biotechnologie f (plural biotechnologies)


hanneton

Borrowed from French hanneton, from Frankish *hano (“rooster”).


réception

Borrowed from Latin receptiō, receptiōnem (“the act of receiving; reception”), from recipiō (“receive”), from re- (“back”) + capiō (“I hold”).


diacre

From Ecclesiastical Latin diāconus, from Ancient Greek διάκονος (diákonos, “servant, minister”).


tanche

From Old French tenche, from Late Latin tinca.


pitchi

From Old French pité, from Latin pietas, pietatem.


icône

From Latin īcon, from Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn, “likeness, image, portrait”).


secte

From Old French secte, from Late Latin secta (“a sect in philosophy or religion, a school, party, faction, class, gild, band, particularly a heretical doctrince or sect, etc.”), possibly from Latin sequor, sequī (“follow”).


greffe

From Old French grefe, grafe, from Latin graphium.


poulain

From Old French, from a Late Latin or Vulgar Latin pullamen, from Latin pullus (“animal young”).


alcoolisme

From alcool (“alcohol”) + -isme (“-ism”).


socialisme

social + -isme, French socialisme, English socialism.


microprocesseur

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microprocesseur m (plural microprocesseurs)


cèdre

From Old French cedre, from Latin cedrus, from Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros).


hémorragie

From Latin haemorrhagia, from Ancient Greek αἱμορραγία (haimorrhagía, “a violent bleeding”), from αἱμορραγής (haimorrhagḗs, “bleeding violently”), from αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + -ραγία (-ragía), from ῥηγνύναι (rhēgnúnai, “to break, burst”).


geai

From Old French jai (“jaybird, magpie”), from Late Latin gaius (“jaybird”).


cruche

From Old French cruche, from Frankish *krūkā.


adjectif possessif

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adjectif possessif m (plural adjectifs possessifs)

possessive adjective
possessive adjective


technicien

technicien m (plural techniciens, feminine technicienne)

techniciens (plural)
technicienne (feminine)


technicienne

female equivalent of technicien (“technician”)


mulot

From Old French mul + -ot, from Old Dutch.

(Jersey) Jersey bank vole (Myodes glareolus)


reine-des-prés

Filipendula ulmaria
Filipendula ulmaria#Translingual

(Jersey) meadowsweet, Filipendula ulmaria


gaillard

From Transalpine Gaulish *gal- (“strength”) + -ard.


mêle

mêle m (plural mêles, feminine mêlerêsse)


pouls

From Old French, from Latin pulsus (“beat”), from pellō, pellere (“drive”).


prédiction

Borrowed from Latin praedictio, praedictionem.


goute

From Old French goute, gute, gote, from Latin gutta.


bénédiction

Borrowed from Latin benedictiō, benedictiōnem.


garde-robe

Artemisia abrotanum
Artemisia abrotanum#Translingual

(Jersey) southernwood (Artemisia abrotanum)


milice

From Latin mīlitia (“military, military service”), from mīles (“soldier”).


tic douloureux

(Jersey, pathology, neurology) neuralgia


chelin

chelins (plural)
ch'lîn (alternative)
chélîn (alternative)


rouai

rouais (plural)
roué (alternative)
rwe (alternative)

From Old French roi, from Latin rēx, rēgem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”).

inh

Lé rouai est mort, lé rouai vit!

Ch'tait du temps Rouai Jehan.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 517:


papillote

From Latin pāpiliō (compare French papillon, with the same meaning).


barbu

From Old French barbu, from Vulgar Latin *barbūtus (“bearded”). By surface analysis, barbe (“beard”) + -u. Compare French barbu.


gardin

From Old Northern French gardin, Medieval Latin gardinus (“garden”) or oblique form of *gard, from Old Norse garðr (“yard, garden”), from Proto-Germanic *gardô, from *gardaz (“yard”). Compare French jardin, from Old French jardin.

Au haut des notre gardin y a en petit maisaon.

2006, Nellie Duquemin, “Au haut du gardin”, in P'tites Lures Normanes, Cromwell Press, published 2006, page 38:

At the top of our garden there is a privy.


biauté

From Old French biauté, from Vulgar Latin *bellitātem.


marjolaine

From Old French majorane, from Medieval Latin maiorana.


fieu

From Old French fil, itself from Latin filius.


tolir

tolir (infinitive)
tolaunt (gerund)
aveir (auxiliary)
tolu (masculine participle past singular)
tolue (feminine participle past singular)
tolus (masculine participle past plural)
tolues (feminine participle past plural)
tours (indicative present singular)
tours (indicative present second-person singular)
tout (indicative present singular)
toloums (indicative plural present)
tolez (indicative plural present)
tolent (indicative plural present)
toleis (imperfect indicative singular)
toleis (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
toleit (imperfect indicative singular)
tolioums (imperfect indicative plural)
toliez (imperfect indicative plural)
toleient (imperfect indicative plural)
tolis (indicative preterite singular)
tolis (indicative preterite second-person singular)
tolit (indicative preterite singular)
tolîmes (indicative plural preterite)
tolîtes (indicative plural preterite)
tolîtent (indicative plural preterite)
tourrai (future indicative singular)
tourras (future indicative second-person singular)
tourra (future indicative singular)
tourroums (future indicative plural)
tourrez (future indicative plural)
tourrount (future indicative plural)
tourreis (conditional indicative singular)
tourreis (conditional indicative second-person singular)
tourreit (conditional indicative singular)
tourrioums (conditional indicative plural)
tourriez (conditional indicative plural)
tourreient (conditional indicative plural)
tole (present singular subjunctive)
toles (present singular subjunctive)
tolioums (plural present subjunctive)
toliez (plural present subjunctive)
tolent (plural present subjunctive)
tolisse (imperfect singular subjunctive)
tolisses (imperfect singular subjunctive)
tolît (imperfect singular subjunctive)
tolissioums (imperfect plural subjunctive)
tolissiez (imperfect plural subjunctive)
tolissent (imperfect plural subjunctive)
tous (imperative singular)
toloums (imperative plural)
tolez (imperative plural)

From Old French tolir, itself from Latin tollere.


apoplexie

Borrowed from Late Latin apoplexia, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀποπληξία (apoplēxía).


bailli

From Old French bailif, from Late Latin *bāiulivus (possibly as an early borrowing), from Classical Latin bāiulus (“one who bears burdens, porter, carrier”).


plenté

From Old French plenté, itself from Latin plenitas.


weze

From Old French oisel, from Late Latin aucellus m (“little bird”), a diminutive ultimately based on Latin avis f (“bird”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis.

ouaîsé (alternative)
ouaîthé (alternative)
ouésé (alternative)


vanné

From Old French vanniel (compare French vanneau).


vaque

vaques (plural)
vacque (alternative Guernsey)
vak (alternative Sark)
vake (alternative)


leune

Cherne à la lune, le vent, la pllie, ou la brune.

When there's a circle round the moon, wind, rain, or fog, will follow soon.


révolté

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révolté m (plural révoltés, feminine révoltée)


rituel

Borrowed from French rituel, from Latin rītuālis, from rītuum (“rite”) + -ālis.


peisson

From Old French poisson, itself from Latin piscis.


transsexuel

transsexuel m (plural transsexuels, feminine transsexuelle)

transsexuels (plural)
transsexuelle (feminine)


ouothilyi

ouothilièrs (plural)
oriller (alternative)


maîson

maîsons (plural)
maisaon (alternative Guernsey)
maiethon (alternative)

From Old French maisun, from Latin mansiō (“abode, home, dwelling”).


tchaîse

tchaîses (plural)
qùaire (alternative)
tchaire (alternative)
cheez (alternative)
tchaîthe (alternative)

From Old Northern French [Term?] (compare Old French chaiere), from Latin cathedra (“seat”), from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “seat”).


tchaîthe

tchaîthes (plural)
tchaîse (alternative)


lichon

From Old Northern French [Term?] (compare French leçon), from Latin lēctiō, lēctiōnem.


sédatif

Borrowed from French sédatif, from Medieval Latin sedātīvus.

(Jersey, pharmacology) sedative (an agent or drug that sedates)


Mêcrédi

Mêcrédis (plural)
mercrédi (alternative)
méquerdi (alternative)
Mekrëdi (alternative)
mekrëdi (alternative)

From Old French mercredi, from Latin Mercuriī diēs, variant of diēs Mercuriī (“day of Mercury”).


dgèrre

(Jersey) Alternative form of gùerre (“war”)


Sèrtchais

Sèrtchais m (plural Sèrtchais, feminine Sèrtchaise)

Sèrtchais (plural)
Sèrtchaise (feminine)
serqùais (alternative)
Sertchais (alternative)
serkyee (alternative)


cresson

From Frankish *kressō (compare German Kresse).


romathîn

romarîn (alternative)
rosmarin (alternative)

(Jersey) rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus, syn. Rosmarinus officinalis)


housse

From Old French hous, hos, houlx (“holly”), from Frankish *hulis (“holly”).


samdi

samdis (plural)
Sanm'di (alternative Jersey)
sammedi (alternative)
samedi (alternative Guernsey)
somedi (alternative Guernsey)

Inherited from Old French samedi, from Vulgar Latin *sambatī diēs, from Latin Sabbatī diēs < diēs Sabbatī (“day of the Sabbath, Sabbath day”).


kien

From Old French kien, itself from Latin canis.


croque-mitaine

croque-mitaine m (plural croque-mitaines)


meis

From Old Northern French meis, from Latin mēnsis, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s.


viage

From Old French voiage, viage, veiage, from Latin viāticum, from via (“road”).


galetas

From Old French galatas (“housing in the upper part of a building”), from the tower of Galata, in Constantinople.

inh

(Jersey, architecture) loft (over main house)


mort-né

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mort-né m (plural mort-nés, feminine mort-née)


moûque

From an Old Northern French variant of Old French musche, mousche, from Latin musca.


venderdi

venderdis (plural)
Véndrédi (alternative)
vendrédi (alternative)
vãdrëdi (alternative)

From Old French vendredi, from Latin Veneris diēs, variant of diēs Veneris.


manté

From Old Northern French [Term?] (compare French manteau), from Latin mantellum, diminutive of mantum, probably from Gaulish *mantos, *mantalos (“trodden road”), from Proto-Celtic *mantos, *mantlos, from Proto-Indo-European *menH- (“tread, press together; crumble”).


baté

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baté m (plural in France batiâos, plural in Guernsey and Jersey batchieaux)

in France batiâos (plural)
in Guernsey and Jersey batchieaux (plural)

From Old French batel, from Old English bāt, from Proto-Germanic *baitaz.


vêpre

vêpres (plural)
vêpe (alternative)
vepr (alternative Sark)

From an Old Northern French variant of Old French vespe, guespe, wespe, from Latin vespa, possibly with Germanic influence. Compare French guêpe. Cf. also Norwegian veps, Danish hveps.


paîsson

paîssons (plural)
peissoun (alternative)
païssaon (alternative Guernsey)

From Old French poisson, peisson, from earlier peis, from Latin piscis, piscem, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.


ouaîsé

ouaîsieaux (plural)
ouésé (alternative)
ouaîthé (alternative)
weze (alternative)

From Old French oisel, from Late Latin aucellus m (“little bird”), a diminutive ultimately based on Latin avis f (“bird”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis.

P'tit à p'tit l'ouaisé fait sen nic.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 515:

Little by little the bird builds her nest.


signeu

seigneurs (plural)
signeur (alternative)
seigneu (alternative)
senyö (alternative)


vassa

From Old French vassal, from Early Medieval Latin vassallus (“manservant, domestic, retainer”), from vassus (“servant”), from Gaulish uassos (“young man, squire”).


fau

From Old French fau (“beech”), from Latin fagus.


caeir

caeir (infinitive)
cayaunt (gerund)
aveir (auxiliary)
cait (masculine participle past singular)
caite (feminine participle past singular)
caits (masculine participle past plural)
caites (feminine participle past plural)
cais (indicative present singular)
cais (indicative present second-person singular)
cait (indicative present singular)
cayoms (indicative plural present)
cayez (indicative plural present)
caient (indicative plural present)
cayeis (imperfect indicative singular)
cayeis (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
cayeit (imperfect indicative singular)
cayioms (imperfect indicative plural)
cayiez (imperfect indicative plural)
cayeient (imperfect indicative plural)
cayis (indicative preterite singular)
cayis (indicative preterite second-person singular)
cayit (indicative preterite singular)
cayîmes (indicative plural preterite)
cayîtes (indicative plural preterite)
cayîtrent (indicative plural preterite)
cairai (future indicative singular)
cairas (future indicative second-person singular)
caira (future indicative singular)
cairoms (future indicative plural)
cairez (future indicative plural)
cairont (future indicative plural)
caireis (conditional indicative singular)
caireis (conditional indicative second-person singular)
caireit (conditional indicative singular)
cairioms (conditional indicative plural)
cairiez (conditional indicative plural)
caireient (conditional indicative plural)
caie (present singular subjunctive)
caies (present singular subjunctive)
cayioms (plural present subjunctive)
cayiez (plural present subjunctive)
caient (plural present subjunctive)
cayisse (imperfect singular subjunctive)
cayisses (imperfect singular subjunctive)
cayît (imperfect singular subjunctive)
cayissioms (imperfect plural subjunctive)
cayissiez (imperfect plural subjunctive)
cayissent (imperfect plural subjunctive)
cais (imperative singular)
cayoms (imperative plural)
cayez (imperative plural)
tcheir (alternative Guernsey)
tchaie (alternative Jersey)

From Old French caeir, from older cadeir, from Vulgar Latin cadēre, from Latin cadĕre.

Eune avioun est caite chût matin dauns le pré.


courtine

From Old French cortine, from Late Latin cōrtīna (“curtain”).


capelain

From Old French capelain, from Late Latin cappellānus (“chaplain”), from cappella (“chapel”).


raisoun

From Old French raisun, itself from Latin ratio.


chent

From Old Northern French chent (Old French cent), from Latin centum, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.


surréaliste

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surréaliste m or f (plural surréalistes)


capé

capés (plural)
chape (alternative Sark)
chapé (alternative Guernsey Jersey)

From Old Northern French capel, from Early Medieval Latin cappellus, diminutive from Late Latin cappa.


vèr

From Old French verm (“worm”), from Latin vermis (“worm”).


Novembre

Novembres (plural)
novembre (alternative)


burre

burres (plural)
buure (alternative)
beurre (alternative)
bür (alternative)

From Old French bure, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron).

Qui mange la craïme ne rend pas du burre.


transsexuelle

female equivalent of transsexuel (“transsexual”)


miton

From Old French miton, of Germanic origin.


courlis

Alternative form of couorlieu (“curlew”)


sacrément

From Ecclesiastical Latin sacrāmentum (“sacrament”), from Latin sacrō (“I hallow, consecrate”), from sacer (“sacred, holy”).


attrape-nigaud

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attrape-nigaud m (plural attrape-nigaud)


molène

From Old French moleine, from Transalpine Gaulish melina (“yellow”).

Verbascum nigrum
Wikispecies:Verbascum nigrum

(Jersey) dark mullein (Verbascum nigrum)

Verbascum thapsus
Verbascum thapsus#Translingual

(Jersey) great mullein (Verbascum thapsus)


Pentecôte

From Late Latin pentēcostē, from Ancient Greek πεντηκοστή (pentēkostḗ, “fiftieth (day)”).

uder

A' la Paintecoûte, les grouaïsiaux se goûtent.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 535:

Green gooseberries are in perfection at Whitsuntide.


gabé

From Middle French gabie (“foretop”), a borrowing from Old Occitan gabia (literally “cage, open framework, lantern of a bell tower”), from Latin cavea (“cage”), see also Italian gabbia (“hutch, cage”).


fach

From Old French fache, from Late Latin facia, from Latin faciēs (“face, shape”).


vîn

From Old French vin, from Latin vīnum, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom.


pid

pids (plural)
pyid (alternative)
pi (alternative)

From Old French pié, from Latin pēs, pedis, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

I' s'en est allaï les pids d'vànt.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 518:


agrès

(Jersey, nautical) rigging, gear (of a ship)


grev

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *grava (attested in Medieval Latin; compare French grève), of pre-Latin origin.


crouaix

crouaix (plural)
croués (alternative)
kérouaïe (alternative Guernsey)
krwee (alternative Sark)

From Old French crois, from Latin crux, crucem, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”).


kérouaïe

kérouaïes (plural)
croués (alternative)
crouaix (alternative Jersey)
krwee (alternative Sark)


machounn'rie

machonn'nie (alternative)
machunnii (alternative)


machonn'nie

machounn'rie (alternative)
machunnii (alternative)


brach'chie

brach'chies (plural)
brachii (alternative)


mégabouochie

méga- + bouochie (“bite”), calque of English megabyte.


bouoche

From Old French boche, buche, from Latin bucca.


gardîn

From Old Northern French gardin, diminutive (compare Vulgar Latin hortus gardinus) or oblique form of *gard, from Old Norse garðr (“yard, garden”), from Proto-Germanic *gardô, from *gardaz (“yard”). Compare French jardin, from Old French jardin.


bachîn

From Old French bachin, bacin, probably of Gaulish [Term?] origin.


faichon

From Old Northern French fechoun (compare Old French faceon, fazon, façon, whence the modern French word), from Latin factiō, factiōnem.


dgide

From Old French guide, from Old Occitan guida, from guidar, from Frankish *witan (“to show the way”).


pouôrreté

From Old French poverté (compare pouôrre (“poor”), French pauvreté), from Latin paupertās, paupertātem.


pièche

From Old French pece, piece, from Gaulish *pettia.


méthe

méthes (plural)
mère (alternative)
mer (alternative)

From Old French medre, mere, from Latin māter, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

From the prayer Ave Maria (Hail Mary)
Sainte Mathie, Méthe dé Dgieu, prie pouor nous pécheurs, ach'teu et à l'heuthe dé not' mort. Âmen.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.


r'nard

The name of the fox in the medieval Roman de Renart; originally Reinhard, a German personal name.


êfant d'galiotage

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êfant d'galiotage m (plural êfants d'galiotage)


êtat

From Old French estat, from Latin status.