pièrre à foudre

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pièrre à foudre f (plural pièrres à foudre)


pièrre dé mille

pièrre dé mille f (plural pièrres dé mille)


pompe à pétrole

pompe à pétrole f (plural pompes à pétrole)

(Jersey) petrol pump, gas station, filling station


mèrvelle

Compare French merveille (“wonder; marvel”).

Quand i' plleut ôve vent d'amont, ch'est merveille si tout ne fond.

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

When it rains with an east wind, it is a wonder that everything does not melt.


noeud papillote

noeud papillote m (plural noeuds papillote)


paûpiéthe

From Vulgar Latin palpĕtra (compare French paupière), from Classical Latin palpĕbra, from palpō (“touch softly; caress, flatter”).


tchîncaill'lie

tchîncaill'lie f (plural tchîncaill'lies)

From Old French quincaille + -ie (compare French quincaillerie).


lantèrne

From Old French lanterne (“lantern”), from Latin lanterna (“lantern”), itself from Ancient Greek λαμπτήρ (lamptḗr, “torch”), influenced in form by Latin lucerna (“lamp”).


boête à tchèrbon

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boête à tchèrbon f (plural boêtes à tchèrbon)


dgèrnison

From Old French garison, guarison, from Frankish.


fortéresse

From Old French forteresce (compare French forteresse), from Medieval Latin.


hèrse

From Old French herce, from Medieval Latin hercia, from Latin hirpex, herpicem.


matèrnité

From Medieval Latin māternitās, from Latin māter (“mother”).


pèrche-ouothelle

pèrche-ouothelle f (plural pèrche-ouothelles)


pèrque

From Latin pertica (compare French perche).


pèrsonne

From Old French persone (compare French personne), from Latin persōna.


pèrte

From Old French perte, from Vulgar Latin *perdita, from perdita, the feminine perfect passive participle of perdō, perdere (“lose”).


sèrpe

From Vulgar Latin *sarpa (compare French serpe (“sickle”), serpette (“billhook”)).


tèrre

From Old French terre, from Latin terra, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”).


vèrveine

From Latin verbēnae, nominative plural form of verbēna.


veneur

veneur m (plural veneurs, feminine vènerèche)


aigùule

aigùules (plural)
aidgulle (alternative Jersey)
adgulle (alternative Jersey)
edjulle (alternative Guernsey)

From Late Latin acūcula, a diminutive of Latin acus (“needle, pin”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”).


Fête des Méthes

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Fête des Méthes f (plural Fêtes des Méthes)


Veil'ye d'la Toussaint

Veil'ye d'la Toussaint f (plural Veil'yes d'la Toussaint)


nouôrriche

From an Old Northern French [Term?] variant of Old French norrice, from Late Latin nūtrīcia, from the feminine of Latin nūtrīcius, from nūtrīcem (“wet nurse”). Compare French nourrice.


haute tchaîse

haute tchaîse f (plural hautes tchaîses)


otchupâtion

otchupâtions (plural)
otchupâtiaon (alternative)

Borrowed from Latin occupātio, occupātiōnem.


vouaix

From Old French vois, voiz, from Latin vōx (“voice”), from Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs, *wekʷ-, *wokʷ- (“to utter, speak”).


tabl'ye à cartes

tabl'ye à cartes f (plural tabl'yes à cartes)


teunique

From Old French tunique, borrowed from Latin tunica.


vaisselle dé porcélaine

vaisselle dé porcélaine f (plural vaisselles dé porcélaine)


porcélaine

From Old French pourcelaine (“cowrie, cockle, or similar univalve seashell; the polished material of these shells”) (compare French porcelaine).


c'mîn

c'mîns (plural)
ch'min (alternative Guernsey)
quémîn (alternative Jersey)

From Old Northern French cemin (variant of Old French chemin), from Late Latin, Vulgar Latin cammīnus (“way”), from Gaulish [Term?]. Compare French chemin.

Tout coumme y'a tréjous un tas d'martel'lie par les c'mîns à chutte saison-chîn.

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

Nevertheless there's always a lot of hammering going on at this time of year.


scabelle

Borrowed from Latin scabellum, diminutive of scamnum (“seat”).


soeu empruntée

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soeu empruntée f (plural soeurs empruntées)


soucile

From Old French sourcil, sorcil, from Latin supercilium.


aidgulle

aidgulles (plural)
adgulle (alternative Jersey)
aigùule (alternative)
edjulle (alternative Guernsey)


applyicâtion

Borrowed from Latin applicātiō, applicātiōnem.


ardouaise

From vernacular Late Latin of Northern France *ardesia, possibly from Gaulish *ard(u)- (“high, in altitude”, root), found also in Ardu-enna (“the Ardennes”), a region where slate has been quarried for centuries.


articl'ye

articl'yes (plural)
articlle (alternative)
artiky (alternative)

From Old French article, borrowed from Latin articulus (“joint, limb, member, part, division, the article in grammar, a point of time”), diminutive of artus (“joint”).


att'leuse

att'ler (“to hitch, yoke, harness”) + -euse


amouotheux

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amouotheux m (plural amouotheurs, feminine amouotheuse)

amouotheurs (plural)
amouotheuse (feminine)

From Old French amoreus, from Vulgar Latin *amōrōsus, derived from Latin amōrem (“love”, noun).


cèrcl'ye dé fé

cèrcl'ye dé fé m (plural cèrcl'yes dé fé)


cèrcl'ye

From Old French cercle, from Latin circulus, a diminutive of circus.


maît' d'êcole

maît' d'êcole m (plural maîtres d'êcole, feminine maitrêsse d'êcole)

maîtres d'êcole (plural)
maitrêsse d'êcole (feminine)


pais brantcheur

pais brantcheur m (plural pais brantcheurs)


êpicyi

êpice (“spice”) + -yi (compare French épicier)


graîsse

From Vulgar Latin *crassia, from Latin crassus.


douinne

(Jersey, by extension, derogatory) vain girl in makeup


laiduthe

(Jersey) ugly character, good-for-nothing


talmouse

Borrowed from Middle French talmouse, see French talmouse.


tchuisse

tchuisses (plural)
tchusse (alternative)
tchiêsse (alternative Jersey)
tchiesse (alternative Guernsey)
kyis (alternative Sark)

From an Old Northern French [Term?] variant of Old French cuisse, quisse, from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin thigh, from Latin coxa (“hip”).


tempéthatuthe

Borrowed from Latin temperātūra (compare French température), from temperō, temperāre (“divide duly, mix in due proportion”).


toléthance

From Latin tolerantia (“endurance”), from tolerāns, present participle of tolerō, tolerāre (“endure”).


tourné-oualipe

tourné-oualipe f (plural tourné-oualipes)


tortuthe

From Late Latin tortura (“a twisting, wreathing, of bodily pain, a griping colic; pain inflicted by judicial or ecclesiastical authority as a means of persuasion, torture”), from Latin tortus, past participle of torqueō, torquēre (“twist”).


tonmate

Borrowed from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl.


sîngne

From Old French signe, borrowed from Latin signum.


sîngnatuthe

From Latin signātūra (compare French signature), future passive periphrastic of signō, signāre (“sign”), from signum (“mark, sign, emblem”).


caboûse

(Jersey, nautical) galley (cookroom or kitchen of a vessel)


cadâvre

From Latin cadāver, from cadō, cadere (“fall”, verb), a euphemism for dying.


mâsse

From Latin massa (“mass, bulk; load, burden; dough; lump”), from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “bread”).


barbe d'vièr bouonhomme

(Jersey) traveller's joy, old man's beard


dgilliotinne

Borrowed from French guillotine, after Dr Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, who proposed its use for capital punishment.


distchussion

From Old French discussion, from Late Latin discussiō, discussiōnem.


drouaite

From Old French droite, the feminine form of droit (“right”).


drouait

From Old French droit, from Late Latin drictus, syncopated form of Latin directus.


drouaits d'l'houmme

les drouaits d'l'houmme (canonical masculine plural)


êcharpe

Borrowed from Middle French escharpe, possibly from Frankish *skirpja or of other Germanic origin (compare Old Norse skreppa (“small bag, wallet, satchel”)). Alternatively from Medieval Latin scirpa (“little woven bag of rushes”), from Latin scirpus (“rush, bullrush”).


entréveue

Compare Anglo-Norman entreveue, source of the English interview.


f'nêt' à mansarde

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f'nêt' à mansarde f (plural f'nêtres à mansarde)


grainelle dé café

grainelle dé café f (plural grainelles dé café)


grainne

From Old French grain, from Latin grānum.


grouaîsile

From Old French grosele (compare French groseille (“redcurrant”)), from Frankish *krusil.

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.


litourgie

From Latin liturgia, from Ancient Greek λειτουργία (leitourgía).


litannie

From Latin litanīa, from Ancient Greek λιτανεία (litaneía, “prayer”), from λιτή (litḗ, “prayer, entreaty”).


lait'tie

lait'ties (plural)
laiterie (alternative)
lettii (alternative)


mêsse

From Late Latin missa, from Latin missus, past participle of mittō, mittere (“send”).

(Jersey, Christianity) Mass (church service)


méd'cinne

From Old French medecine, from Latin medicīna (“the healing art, medicine, a physician's shop, a remedy, medicine”), feminine of medicīnus (“of or belonging to physic or surgery, or to a physician or surgeon”), from medicus (“physician, surgeon”), from medeor, medērī (“heal”, verb).


scienche

From an Old Northern French variant of Old French science, borrowed from Latin scientia (“knowledge”), from sciens, present participle of sciō, scīre (“know”), from Proto-Indo-European *skei- (“to split, to dissect”).


parqu'thie

parqu'thies (plural)
parc'rie (alternative)


blianche alouette

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blianche alouette f (plural blianches alouettes)


dgillemot

Borrowed from French guillemot, from Guillaume (“William”) (compare Dgilliaume).


alouaette

alouaettes (plural)
alouette (alternative)

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


circonféthence

circonféthence f (plural circonféthences)

From Old French circonference, from Latin circumferentia.


confidguthâtion

confidguthâtion f (plural confidguthâtions)


lînge

From a substantivation of Old French linge, from Latin līneus (“of flax or linen”), from līnum (“flax; linen cloth”).


destinné

From Old French destinee (“fate; destiny”), from Latin dēstināta, feminine form of dēstinātus (“established, having been established, determined, having been determined, resolved, having been resolved”).


êponge

From Latin spongia, from Ancient Greek σπογγιά (spongiá).


êlection

From Latin ēlectiō, ēlectiōnem, from ēligō, ēligere (“pick out, choose, elect”).


flianné

From a diminutive of Old French flaine, floene (“coarse wool”), from Gaulish *wlanā (“wool”), from Proto-Celtic *wlanā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂.


formâtion

From Latin fōrmātiō (“the act of shaping, forming or fashioning”).


grandeu

From Old French grandeur, from grand, from Latin grandis (“grown up, great”).


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grande boutique f (plural grandes boutiques)


minnorité

From Late Latin minōritās, from Latin minor.


minnute

From Old French minute, from Medieval Latin minūta (“60th of an hour", "note”).


m'suthe

m'suthes (plural)
mésuthe (alternative)
m'thuthe (alternative)

From an Old Northern French variant of Old French mesure, from Latin mēnsūra (“a measuring, rule, something to measure by”), from mēnsus, past participle of mētior, mētīrī (“measure, mete”).


pliainte

From Old French plainte, pleinte, from the feminine past participle of plaindre, pleindre), corresponding to a Medieval Latin plancta, from Classical Latin planctus (“wailing, lamentation”).


pouque en plastique

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pouque en plastique f (plural pouques en plastique)


propriêté

From Old French proprieté, from Latin proprietās, from proprius (“own”).


rêsurrection

From Old French resurrection, from Late Latin resurrectiō from Classical Latin resurgō, resurgere (“rise again”), from re- (“again”), + surgō, surgere (“rise”).


sociêté

From Old French societé, from Latin societās, from socius (“associated, allied; partner, companion, ally”), from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷ-yo- (“companion”), from *sekʷ- (“to follow”).


stâtion d'télévîsion

stâtion d'télévîsion f (plural stâtions d'télévîsion)


coutell'lie

From Old French coutelerie (compare couté (“knife”)).


couoté

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


couté à deux mains

couté à deux mains m (plural coutchieaux à deux mains)


couté à main

couté à main m (plural coutchieaux à main)


couté à viande

couté à viande m (plural coutchieaux à viande)


tchuîsinnyi

From Vulgar Latin *coquīnārium, or a later formation corresponding to tchuîsinne (“kitchen”) + -yi. Compare French cuisinier.


couque

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.

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.


couté à fain

couté à fain m (plural coutchieaux à fain)


dêfouithie

(Jersey, agriculture) harvest (of potatoes)


dgiême

From Old French dixme, from Latin decimus (“tenth”).


clié à êcrouettes

clié à êcrouettes f (plural cliés à êcrouettes)


doctrinn'nie

(Jersey, medicine) first aid, self-treatment


douanne

From Medieval Latin doana, dovana (compare French douane).


dranme

From Old French dragme, from Late Latin dragma, from Latin drachma, from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ).


p'tite g'linne

p'tite g'linne f (plural p'tites g'linnes)


pathabole

From Old French parabole, from Late Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ, “putting aside”).


rêponse

From Old French response, from the feminine of respons, a semi-learned word derived from Latin respōnsum, a nominal use of the neuter form of respōnsus, the perfect passive participle of respondeō, respondēre, from re (“again”) + spondeō, spondēre (“promise”, verb).


riselée

Compare French risée (“outburst of laughter; mockery, mocking; the object of mockery”).


èpinne-vinnette

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èpinne-vinnette f (plural èpinne-vinnettes)


êpinnoche

Spinachia spinachia
Wikispecies:Spinachia spinachia

(Jersey) stickleback (Spinachia spinachia)


thiâtre

thiâtres (plural)
théyâte (alternative)
théatre (alternative)

Borrowed from Latin theātrum (compare French théâtre), from Ancient Greek θέατρον (théatron, “a place for viewing”), from θεάομαι (theáomai, “to see, to watch, to observe”).


chithe

From an Old Northern French variant of Old French cire, chiere, ciere, from Latin cēra.


saûcichon

saûcichons (plural)
saûchisson (alternative)


saûchisson

Alternative form of saûcichon (“sausage”)


nivé

From Old French nivel, livel, from Latin lībella.


hèrpies

From Latin herpes, from Ancient Greek ἕρπης (hérpēs, “herpes; literally, a creeping”), from ἕρπειν (hérpein, “to creep”).


belin

From Old French belin, from Latin belinus.


êtain

From Old French estain (“tin”), from Latin stannum.


vaissé

From Old French vaissel, from Latin vāscellum, diminutive of vāsculum, diminutive of vās (“vessel”).


balanche

From Old French balance, from Late Latin *bilancia, from Latin bilanx, from bi- (see bis) and lanx (“dish, platter, plate; scale-pan”).


bliouque

From Latin buccula (“the cheek strap of a helmet”) (compare boucl'ye (“curl”), French boucle).


enn'mité

From Old French enemistié, ennemistié, from Late Latin *inimīcitāt(em), from Latin inimīcus (“enemy”).


ramonneux

ramonner (“to sweep a chimney”) + -eux; compare French ramoneur.


bordeuse

From Old French bordure, bordeure, from border (“to border”), from bort, bord (“a border”), of Germanic origin.


boête du moueu

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boête du moueu f (plural boêtes du moueu)


boête dé dgialogue

boête dé dgialogue f (plural boêtes dé dgialogue)


boule d'sauvetage

boule d'sauvetage f (plural boules d'sauvetage)


cauche dé Noué

cauche dé Noué f (plural cauches dé Noué)


caravanne

From Old French carvane, from Persian کاروان (kârvân).


carte dé crédit

carte dé crédit f (plural cartes dé crédit)


câsse

From Old Northern French casse, variant of Old French chasse, from Latin capsa.


cauche

From Old French cauche, from Early Medieval Latin calcea, from Latin calceus (“shoe”).

I' prend les cauches pour les sôlers.

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

He mistakes the stockings for the shoes.


chaleu

From Old French chalor, from Latin calor, calorem (“warmth, heat”).


cheunm'née

cheunm'nées (plural)
chimenaée (alternative)
chim'naïe (alternative)
chimnee (alternative)

From Old French cheminee, from Late Latin camīnāta.


chicôrée

From Old French cicoree, borrowed from Medieval Latin or Vulgar Latin *cichōria, from Latin cichōrium, from Ancient Greek κιχώριον (kikhṓrion) (compare French chicorée, Italian cicoria).


cliôthuthe

From Old French closture, from Late Latin clausūra (“lock, bar, bolt; clasp”), from Classical Latin clausus (“closed, inaccessible; enclosed”).


conféthence

From Late Latin cōnferentia, from Classical Latin cōnferens (“gathering together, uniting, joining”).


côsse

Probably from Late Latin *coccia, from Latin cochlea.


crianche

From Old Northern French creanche, variant of Old French creance (“faith; belief”), from Late Latin crēdentia (“credence, promise”), from Latin crēdēns, crēdere (“trust, confide in, have confidence in; believe in, trust in, give credence to; believe”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱred dʰeh₁- (“to place one's heart, i.e. to trust, believe”), from *ḱḗr (“heart”).


crôte

From Old French cruste, croste, from Latin crusta (“hard outer covering”).


laîze

From Vulgar Latin *latia (compare French laize), from Latin latus + -ia.


lanniéthe

From Old French lasniere (“thong, lash”), from lasne (“strap, thong”), alteration of nasle (“strap, thong”), from Old Dutch *nastila (“tie, headband”), from Proto-Germanic *nastilō (“tie, thread, strap”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nedʰ- (“to tie together”).


lavande cotonnée

(Jersey) ground cypress, lavender cotton (Santolina chamaecyparissus)


liste êlectorale

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liste êlectorale f (plural listes êlectorales)


longue tchaîse

longue tchaîse f (plural longues tchaîses)


tripselle dé la montée

tripselle dé la montée f (plural tripselles dé la montée)


grand-méthe

grand-méthes (plural)
grand'méthe (alternative)

From grand'- (“grand-”) + méthe (“mother”).


grand-grand-méthe

grand-grand-méthe f (plural grand-grand-méthes)


fale dé c'mînse

fale dé c'mînse f (plural fales dé c'mînse)


feûgiéthe

From Vulgar Latin *filicāria (“thicket of ferns”), from Latin filix (“fern”).


flieu

flieurs (plural)
flleur (alternative Guernsey)

From Old French flor, flur, from Latin flōs, flōrem, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“flower, blossom”). Doublet of flieur.


fortificâtion

Borrowed from Late Latin fortificatio, fortificationem, from fortifico, from Latin fortis.


fôsse

From Old French fosse (“hole in the ground, grave”), from Late Latin fossa (“grave”), from Classical Latin fossa (“ditch, trench”), from fodiō, fodere (“dig out, excavate”).


fliotte

From Old French flote, from Old Norse floti (“fleet”).


rat dans la gorge

un rat dans la gorge (canonical masculine)

frog in one's throat
frog in one's throat


ivrouongne

From Old French ivroigne, from Vulgar Latin *ebrionia (“drunkenness”).


batt'tie

La batt'tie d'ches néthes ailes a libéthé man tchoeu: rôdant les c'mîns à la r'vèrdie, j'touônne en ouéthou. Les pétales sont pouôrries et n'yées dans la nièrcheu; les caûques-souothis ont chuchi l'rouoge d'la séthée d'v'lous.

The beating of these black wings has freed my heart: roaming the roads at dusk, I turn into a shapeshifting spirit. The petals are rotten and drowned in the darkness; the bats have sucked the red from the velvet evening.


couochon d'tèrre

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couochon d'tèrre m (plural couochons d'tèrre)


boulandgi

From Old French boulanger, bolengier (“baker”), from Frankish *bollā (“bun”).

to pop one's clogs; to thank the baker for the last time

r'mèrcier l'boulandgi pouor la dreine fais


appointcheux

appointcheurs (plural)
apointcheux (alternative)

appointchi (“to sharpen a pencil”) + -eux


scrutîn

From Medieval Latin scrūtinium (in the phrase per viam scrūtinii), ultimately from Latin scrūtor, scrūtārī.


urne du scrutîn

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urne du scrutîn f (plural urnes du scrutîn)


ôti

From Old French ustilz, from Late Latin *usitīlia, from Classical Latin ūtensilia, neuter plural of ūtensilis (“useful”).


pouver

From Old French povoir, pooir, from early Old French poeir, from Vulgar Latin potēre (“to be able”) for Classical Latin posse. *Potēre was a regularized form from the root potis (“able”) or formed on the basis of the present participle potens. The v is an epenthetic consonant added to avoid hiatus.


iviéthe

From Old French yvoire, from Vulgar Latin eboreus (“ivory”), from Classical Latin ebur, eboris.

ivyire (alternative)
ivouaire (alternative)


problième

From Old French probleme, from Latin problēma, from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma, “obstacle”).


râseux

From Old French rasor, from raser (“to shave”).


pathe

pathes (plural)
pâre (alternative Guernsey)

From Old French paire, from Latin paria (“equals”), neuter plural of pār.


tchéthtchi

tchéthette + -yi; compare tchéthue (“plough”)


jarre à picl'yes

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jarre à picl'yes f (plural jarres à picl'yes)


jarre à rhonme

jarre à rhonme f (plural jarres à rhonme)


page d'siez-mé

page d'siez-mé f (plural pages d'siez-mé)


pliaie

From Old French pladisse, plaïse, from Latin platessa.

Pleuronectes platessa
Pleuronectes platessa#Translingual


machinne

From Old French machine, borrowed from Latin machina, itself borrowed from Doric Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhănā́, “machine, tool”). Compare French machine.

der

Dans les clios étout nou vait des tracteurs et des machinnes tandi qu'lé travas du fèrmyi r'prend san rhythme coumme tréjous.

In the fields tractors and machines can be seen too as farm work picks up again as always.


mathée

From Latin mare (“sea”) (compare French marée, Catalan/Italian/Spanish marea), from Proto-Indo-European *móri.


matronne

From Old French matrone (“senior, respectable woman”), from Latin matrona (“married woman”), from mater (“mother”).


mortchi

From Latin mortārium (compare French mortier).

(Jersey) mortar (weapon, small bowl used to crush or grind food)


mouvette

Compare French mouvette, from mouver (mouvoir) and -ette.


selle bâtchiéthe

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selle bâtchiéthe f (plural selles bâtchiéthe)


grive dé france

grive dé france f (plural grives dé france)


grile

From Old French gresle (“hail”), from Frankish.

I' tchait d'la grile.


synnagogue

From Old French synagoge, from Ancient Greek συναγωγή (sunagōgḗ, “assembly, gathering”), from συνάγω (sunágō, “I gather together”), from σύν (sún, “with, together”) + ἄγω (ágō, “I lead”).


sèm'rêsse

From s'mer (“to sow”) + -êsse (compare sèmethie (“sowing”)).


sérîngue

From Medieval Latin syringa, from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx, “pipe, syrinx”).


s'gonde

From Old French secont, from Latin secundus (“following, next in order”), from root of sequi (“follow”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”).


s'gonde

From Old French seconde, from Medieval Latin secunda, short for secunda pars minuta (“second diminished part (of the hour)”).


stâtion d'radio

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stâtion d'radio f (plural stâtions d'radio)


stâtion d'taxis

stâtion d'taxis f (plural stâtions d'taxis)


stâtion d'amathage

stâtion d'amathage f (plural stâtions d'amathage)


ouothelle dé souothis

ouothelle dé souothis f (plural ouothelles dé souothis)

Myosotis discolor
Wikispecies:Myosotis discolor

(Jersey) changing Forget-me-not (Myosotis discolor)

Myosotis ramosissima
Wikispecies:Myosotis ramosissima

(Jersey) early Forget-me-not (Myosotis ramosissima)


rîle des g'veux

rîle des g'veux f (plural rîles des g'veux)


r'miède

From Old French remede, from Latin remedium (“remedy, cure”), from re- (“again”) + medeor, medērī (“heal”).


ronche

From Latin rumex, rumicem (compare French ronce).


rose dé Noué

Helleborus niger
Helleborus niger#Translingual

(Jersey, Guernsey, botany) black hellebore (Helleborus niger)


rouongne

From Latin arānea, possibly through a Vulgar Latin root *ronea or *aronea. Compare French rogne, Italian rogna.


cantique dé Noué

cantique dé Noué m (plural cantiques dé Noué)

cantiques dé Noué (plural)
cantique d'Noué (alternative)


dgeule

From Old French goule (“mouth”), from Latin gula (“gullet, throat, palate”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- (“throat”).

(Jersey, anatomy)
(Jersey) opening of lobster pot


sîmpl'ye rose

sîmpl'ye rose f (plural sîmpl'yes roses)


doubl'ye rose

doubl'ye rose f (plural doubl'yes roses)


gifl'ye

Of Germanic origins (compare French gifle).


tèrrinne à beurre

tèrrinne à beurre f (plural tèrrinnes à beurre)


tinne

(Jersey) tin (airtight container used to preserve food)


rose des clioches

rose des clioches f (plural roses des clioches)


râseux êlectrique

râseux êlectrique m (plural râseurs êlectriques)


râseux à rabot

râseux à rabot m (plural râseurs à rabot)


pangni

From Latin pānārium (“breadbasket”) (compare French panier), from pānis (“bread”).


hanapé

From Old French hanap, from Frankish *hnapp, from Proto-Germanic *hnappaz (“cup, bowl”).


sŷmbole

sŷmboles (plural)
saembole (alternative)

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”).


rose à tchian

(Jersey) common poppy, round-headed poppy, long-headed poppy


rose d'un jour

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rose d'un jour f (plural roses d'un jour)

fragrant evening primrose
fragrant evening primrose

large-flowered evening primrose
large-flowered evening primrose

small-flowered evening primrose
small-flowered evening primrose

(Jersey) fragrant evening primrose, large-flowered evening primrose, small-flowered evening primrose


tchaûdron

From Old French chauderon, ultimately from Late Latin caldāria (“cooking-pot”). Compare French chaudron.

(Jersey, cooking) cauldron, copper, boiler


baîsi

From Old French baisier, from Latin bāsiāre (“to kiss”).


caûdron

From Old Northern French caudron, ultimately from Late Latin caldāria (“cooking-pot”). Compare French chaudron.


chanmeau

Borrowed from French chameau, from Old French chamel, from Latin camēlus, from Ancient Greek κάμηλος (kámēlos).


tchîncailli

From Old French quincaille + -yi (compare French quincaillier).


adjectif dêmonstratif

adjectif dêmonstratif m (plural adjectifs dêmonstratifs)

demonstrative adjective
demonstrative adjective

(Jersey, grammar) demonstrative adjective


adjectif èrlatif

adjectif èrlatif m (plural adjectifs èrlatifs)


adjectif îndéfinni

adjectif îndéfinni m (plural adjectifs îndéfinnis)

indefinite adjective
indefinite adjective


x-rayeux

x-rayeux m (plural x-rayeurs, feminine x-rayeuse)


veue à strober

veue à strober f (plural veues à strober)


veue d'bliâse

(Jersey, automotive) fog light, fog lamp


veues

plural of veue (“eyesight; light, lighthouse; headlight, headlamp”)


bîngue à boutelles

bîngue à boutelles f (plural bîngues à boutelles)


boête ès r'pathes

boête ès r'pathes f (plural boêtes ès r'pathes)


boête à doctrinn'nie

boête à doctrinn'nie f (plural boêtes à doctrinn'nie)


plianche

From Old French planche, from Vulgar Latin planca, probably from palanca, from Latin phalanga (“wooden roller; pole for carrying things”).


kilobouochie

kilo- + bouochie (“bite”), Calque of English kilobyte.


Ûropéen

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Ûropéen m (plural Ûropéens, feminine Ûropéenne)


ûro

From Ûrope (“Europe”), on the model of Europe, euro.


zône

From Latin zōna, from Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē, “girdle, belt”).


r'zôn'nie

r'zôn'nies (plural)
èrzôn'nie (alternative)


articl'ye définnie

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articl'ye définnie f (plural articl'yes définnies)


articl'ye îndéfinnie

articl'ye îndéfinnie f (plural articl'yes îndéfinnies)


articl'ye partitive

articl'ye partitive f (plural articl'yes partitives)


carte dé débit

carte dé débit f (plural cartes dé débit)


caméra d'seurvillance

caméra d'seurvillance m (plural caméras d'seurvillance)

(Jersey) surveillance camera closed-circuit camera


caméra d'vidgo

caméra d'vidgo m (plural caméras d'vidgo)


vouoyelle

vouoyelles (plural)
vouaiyelle (alternative)

From Old French vouel, from Latin vōcālis.


point virdgule

point virdgule m (plural points virdgules)


crotchet cârré

crotchet cârré m (plural crotchets cârrés)


corrigeux d'êcrithie

corrigeux d'êcrithie m (plural corrigeux d'êcrithie)


cricots d'contact

cricot d'contact
cricot d'contact#Norman


cricot d'contact

cricot d'contact m (plural cricots d'contact)


êcrituthe

From Old French escriture, from Latin scrīptūra (“a writing, scripture”), from scrīptum, the supine of scrībō (“I write”).


convèrsâtion

From Old French conversation, from Latin conversātiō, conversātiōnem (“conversation”), from conversō, conversāre (“abide, keep company with”).


chaîne d'èrmuage

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chaîne d'èrmuage f (plural chaînes d'èrmuage)


disque enr'gistrabl'ye

disque enr'gistrabl'ye m (plural disques enr'gistrabl'yes)


disque èrenr'gistrabl'ye

disque èrenr'gistrabl'ye m (plural disques èrenr'gistrabl'yes)


d'sodorant à rouôler

d'sodorant à rouôler m (plural d'sodorants à rouôler)


d'sodorant

d'sodorants (plural)
d'sodothant (alternative)


policemainne dormant

policemainne dormant m (plural policemainnes dormants)


point d'excliamâtion

point d'excliamâtion m (plural points d'excliamâtion)


point d'tchestchionn'nie

point d'tchestchionn'nie m (plural points d'tchestchionn'nie)


futur continnu

futur continnu m (plural futurs continnus)


fronmage

fronmages (plural)
fromage (alternative Guernsey)
frumaj (alternative Sark)

From Old French fromage, from Early Medieval Latin fōrmāticum, from Latin fōrma (“shape, form, mould”).


r'chèrgeux

r'chèrgeurs (plural)
èrchèrgeux (alternative)


r'chèrgéthie

r'chèrgéthies (plural)
èrchèrgéthie (alternative)


r'asseûthance

r'asseûthances (plural)
èrasseûthance (alternative)


r'calibrâtion

r'calibrâtions (plural)
èrcalibrâtion (alternative)

èr- (“re-”) + calibrâtion (“calibration”)


r'cliâmâtion

r'cliâmâtions (plural)
èrcliâmâtion (alternative)

Borrowed from Latin rēclāmātiō, from reclāmō, reclāmāre. By surface analysis, r'cliâmer (“to reclaim”) + -âtion.


crâsset

I' dêteingnit l'crâsset

2010, Mêfie-té des Monstres: Tchiques légendes dé Jèrri, Jersey: Le Don Balleine, L'Office du Jèrriais, →ISBN, page 22:


acrobate dé trapèze

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acrobate dé trapèze m (plural acrobates dé trapèze)


atmosphéthe

atmosphéthes (plural)
atmosphère (alternative)

From New Latin atmosphaera, from Ancient Greek ἀτμός (atmós, “steam”) + σφαῖρα (sphaîra, “sphere”).


avantgardgisme

avantgardgisme m (plural avantgardgismes)

From French avant-garde + -isme (“-ism”).


avantgardgiste

avantgardgiste m or f (plural avantgardgistes)

From French avant-garde + -iste (“-ist”).


êducâtionnaliste

êducâtionnaliste m or f (plural êducâtionnalistes)

êducâtion + -al + -iste, calque of English educationalist.


envithonnementaliste

envithonnementaliste m or f (plural envithonnementalistes)

envithonnementa (“environmental”) + -iste (“-ist”)


împressionniste

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împressionniste m or f (plural împressionnistes)

împression (“impression”) + -iste (“-ist”)


împressionnisme

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împressionnisme m (plural împressionnismes)

împression (“impression”) + -isme (“-ism”)


lîndgiste

From Latin lingua (“tongue; language”) + -iste (“-ist”).


sociolîndgiste

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sociolîndgiste m or f (plural sociolîndgistes)


sociolîndgistique

sociolîndgistique f (plural sociolîndgistiques)

socio- + lîndgistique (“linguistic; linguistics”)


sociologiste

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sociologiste m or f (plural sociologistes)

sociologie + -iste, calque of English sociologist (compare French sociologue)


terreuriste

terreuriste m or f (plural terreuristes)

terreur + -iste, calque of English terrorist


terreurisme

terreur + -isme, calque of English terrorism.


nâtionnaliste

nâtionnaliste m or f (plural nâtionnalistes)

nâtionnalistes (plural)
nâtionaliste (alternative)


dêrâlleux

(Jersey, cycling) derailleur; derailleur gear


faciliteux

faciliteux m (plural faciliteurs, feminine facilit'rêsse)

faciliteurs (plural)
facilit'rêsse (feminine)


fliantcheux hors

fliantcheux hors m (plural fliantcheurs hors)


gardeux d'êfants

gardeux d'êfants m (plural gardeurs d'êfants, feminine gardeuse d'êfants)

gardeurs d'êfants (plural)
gardeuse d'êfants (feminine)


gardeuse d'êfants

gardeuse d'êfants f (plural gardeuses d'êfants)

gardeux d'êfants
gardeux d'êfants#Norman

female equivalent of gardeux d'êfants (“babysitter”)


mèrtcheux leunminneux

mèrtcheux leunminneux m (plural mèrtcheurs leunminneux)


mèrtcheux

mèrtcheurs (plural)
mèrtcheu (alternative)


hijatcheux

Alternative form of haïjatcheux (“hijacker”)


haïjatcheux

haïjatcheurs (plural)
hijatcheux (alternative)


advèrbe

From Latin adverbium, from ad (“towards”) + verbum (“word”).


almonnas d'téléphone

almonnas d'téléphone m (plural almonnas d'téléphone)


annînmâtion

From Latin animātiō (“the act of animating or giving life to, animation”), from animō, animāre (“animate, quicken; transform into a living being, give or bring life”).


atonme

From Old French atome, from Latin atomus (“smallest particle”), from Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos, “indivisible”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”).


arbre dé fanmil'ye

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arbre dé fanmil'ye m (plural arbres dé fanmil'ye)


avion à réaction

avion à réaction m (plural avions à réaction)


sannouich'chie

sannouich'chie f (plural sannouich'chies)


vèrbe

From Old French verbe, from Latin verbum (“word”), from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰo-.


vèrbe auxiliaithe

vèrbe auxiliaithe m (plural vèrbes auxiliaithes)


vèrbe transitif

vèrbe transitif m (plural vèrbes transitifs)


vèrbe réfliéchi

vèrbe réfliéchi m (plural vèrbes réfliéchis)


vèrbe rédgulyi

vèrbe rédgulyi m (plural vèrbes rédgulièrs)


vèrbe irrédgulyi

vèrbe irrédgulyi m (plural vèrbes irrédgulièrs)


vèrbe întransitif

vèrbe întransitif m (plural vèrbes întransitifs)


vèrbe împèrsonnel

vèrbe împèrsonnel m (plural vèrbes împèrsonnels)


barre dé travèrs

barre dé travèrs f (plural barres dé travèrs)


câbl'ye

From Old Northern French cable, from Latin capulum (“lasso, rope, halter”).


câbl'ye dé chabot

câbl'ye dé chabot m (plural câbl'yes dé chabot)


chanolle ès pédales

chanolle ès pédales f (plural chanolles ès pédales)


êsseu ès pédales

êsseu ès pédales m (plural êsseurs ès pédales)


êsseu

From Vulgar Latin *axile, from Latin axis.

(Jersey, cycling, etc.) axle, wheel spindle


lévyi d'chabot

lévyi d'chabot m (plural lévièrs d'chabot)


lévyi d'vitesse

lévyi d'vitesse m (plural lévièrs d'vitesse)

(Jersey, cycling, etc.) gear-change lever


reue dé d'vant

reue dé d'vant f (plural reues dé d'vant)


reue dé driéthe

reue dé driéthe f (plural reues dé driéthe)


reue d'êpaîngne

reue d'êpaîngne f (plural reues d'êpaîngne)

(Jersey, cycling, etc.) spare wheel, spare tyre


compiuteu d'paûmé

compiuteu d'paûmé m (plural compiuteurs d'paûmé)

personal digital assistant
personal digital assistant

(Jersey, computing) personal digital assistant, palmtop


tigue dé selle

tigue dé selle f (plural tigues dé selle)

(Jersey, cycling) seat post, saddle stem


pièche d'êpaîngne

pièche d'êpaîngne f (plural pièches d'êpaîngne)


clioche

From Old French cloche, from Early Medieval Latin clocca.


dynnamo

From Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis, “power”).

der

dynamo-electric machine
dynamo-electric machine

(Jersey, cycling, etc.) dynamo, dynamo-electric machine


rouôl'lie à balles

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rouôl'lie à balles f (plural rouôl'lies à balles)


bike à montangne

bike à montangne f (plural bikes à montangne)


paûmé

From Old French paume, from Latin palma.


nom collectif

nom collectif m (plural noms collectifs)


programmeux d'compiuteu

programmeux d'compiuteu m (plural programmeurs d'compiuteu)


p'tit compiuteu

p'tit compiuteu m (plural p'tits compiuteurs)


transsexualité

transsexualité f (plural transsexualités)


maît' à pause

maît' à pause m (plural maîtres à pause, feminine maitrêsse à pause)

maîtres à pause (plural)
maitrêsse à pause (feminine)


multilîndgisme

multilîndgisme m (plural multilîndgismes)

multi- + Latin lingua (“tongue; language”) + -isme


téléphône dé pouchette

téléphône dé pouchette m (plural téléphônes dé pouchette)

téléphônes dé pouchette (plural)
téléphone dé pouchette (alternative)


ballon dé sauveté

ballon dé sauveté m (plural ballons dé sauveté)


abbêsse

From Old French abaesse, abeesse, from Ecclesiastical Latin abbātissa, feminine of abbās, abbātis (“abbot”).


melgreu

From Old Norse melr (“dune”) + græs (“grass”) (compare Icelandic melgresi).


bourdon à j'va

bourdon à j'va m (plural bourdons à j'va)


bâtisse à stâtionner

bâtisse à stâtionner f (plural bâtisses à stâtionner)


râté

From Old French rastel, from Latin rāstellus (“rake, how, mattock”), diminutive of rāstrum (“rake”).


râté à fain

râté à fain m (plural râtchieaux à fain)


homme d'affaithes

homme d'affaithes m (plural hommes d'affaithes)


artchet

(Jersey, music) bow (rod used for playing stringed instruments)


baté à vaituthes

baté à vaituthes m (plural batchieaux à vaituthes)


baté pêtcheux

baté pêtcheux m (plural batchieaux pêtcheux)


baté d'sauvetage

baté d'sauvetage m (plural batchieaux d'sauvetage)


brueûtchet

Borrowed from Old Norse bryske, brjósk (“cartilage”) + -et.


bèr

Borrowed from Old Norse bera (“to bear”).


bèr à vrai

vraic cradle (receptacle for gathering seaweed)


bestchias

Compare Latin bēstiālis, French bestial.


p'pèr'mène

p'pèr'mènes (plural)
pépermàn (alternative)


pépermàn

pépermàns (plural)
p'pèr'mène (alternative)


c'mîn d'hal'lie

c'mîn d'hal'lie m (plural c'mîns d'hal'lie)


tèrrêtre

From Old French terrestre, from Latin terrestris.

ivy-leaved speedwell
ivy-leaved speedwell

bird's-eye speedwell
bird's-eye speedwell

(Jersey) speedwell; ivy-leaved speedwell (qualifier); germander speedwell, bird's-eye speedwell (qualifier)

Glechoma hederacea
Glechoma hederacea#Translingual

(Jersey) ground-ivy (Glechoma hederacea)


cyprès d'chînm'tchiéthe

cyprès d'chînm'tchiéthe m (plural cyprès d'chînm'tchiéthe)

(Jersey) weeping cypress, Cupressus funebris


crôton

crôte (“crust”) + -on; compare French croûton


cap'taine

cap'taines (plural)
cap'tainne (alternative)

From Late Latin capitāneus, from Latin caput (“head”).


pâraîssien

pâraîssien m (plural pâraîssiens, feminine pâraîssienne)

pâraîssiens (plural)
pâraîssienne (feminine)


seurgien

From Old French surgien, from *chīrūrgiānus, a Vulgar Latin derivative of Classical Latin chīrūrgia (“surgery”), from Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”).


conmédien

conmédien m (plural conmédiens, feminine conmédienne)

conmédiens (plural)
conmédienne (feminine)

Borrowed from French comédien, from comédie (“comedy”).


cantique d'Noué

cantique d'Noué m (plural cantiques d'Noué)

cantique dé Noué
cantique dé Noué#Norman


ch'na

From Old French chenel, from Latin canālis.


chav'tchi

From Old French chavate (“shoe”) + -yi (compare French savetier).


meurtriyi

meurtre (“murder”) + -yi, Old French murtrier


monnyi

From Old French meunier, munoiere, from Late Latin molīnārius, from molīnus, from Latin molō.


paîssonnyi

paîssonnyi m (plural paîssonnièrs, feminine paîssonniéthe)

paîssonnièrs (plural)
paîssonniéthe (feminine)


parchonnyi

parchonnyi m (plural parchonnièrs, feminine parchonniéthe)

parchonnièrs (plural)
parchonniéthe (feminine)

From Old Northern French [Term?] (compare Old French parçonneour, from parçon (“partition”)).


trésôryi

trésôrièrs (plural)
trêsoryi (alternative)


navithe à vailes

navithe à vailes m (plural navithes à vailes)


navithe dé dgèrre

navithe dé dgèrre m (plural navithes dé dgèrre)


navithe du preunmié rang

navithe du preunmié rang m (plural navithes du preunmié rang)

(Jersey, nautical, military) ship of the line


fliotchet

Borrowed from Old Norse flokkr (“group”) + -et.


fonctionnaithe

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fonctionnaithe m or f (plural fonctionnaithes)


gardgien

gardgien m (plural gardgiens, feminine gardgienne)

gardgiens (plural)
gardgienne (feminine)


hèrnais à cidre

hèrnais à cidre m (plural hèrnais à cidre)


hèrnais à bannieaux

hèrnais à bannieaux m (plural hèrnais à bannieaux)


hèrnais à êclon

hèrnais à êclon m (plural hèrnais à êclon)


dressinne-têbl'ye

dressinne-têbl'ye m (plural dressinne-têbl'yes)


douoyen

douoyen m (plural douoyens, feminine douoyenne)

From Old French deien, from Late Latin decānus (“chief of ten people; dean”), from Latin decem (“ten”).


critchet

From Old French criquet, from criquer (“to make a cracking sound”).


critchet d'âtre

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critchet d'âtre m (plural critchets d'âtre)


violonniste

violonniste m or f (plural violonnistes)


badlagoule

bailleux d'goule
bailleux d'goule#Norman


bailleux d'goule

bailleux d'goule m (plural bailleurs d'goule)

bailleurs d'goule (plural)
badlagoule (alternative)


d'mié-fréthe

d'mié-fréthes (plural)
mié-fréthe (alternative)


fréthe emprunté

fréthe emprunté m (plural fréthes empruntés)


d'mié-chent'naithe

d'mié-chent'naithe m (plural d'mié-chent'naithes)

démié- (“half”) + chent'naithe (“centenary”)


chent'naithe

chent'naithes (plural)
chenténaithe (alternative)

From Late Latin centēnārius (“of one hundred”), from Latin centēnī (“one hundred each”) (from centum (“hundred”)) + -ārius.


êtchipe dé filméthie

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êtchipe dé filméthie f (plural êtchipes dé filméthie)


êtravelée d'cartchaîson

êtravelée d'cartchaîson f (plural êtravelées d'cartchaîson)


êtrueûlée chimique

êtrueûlée chimique f (plural êtrueûlées chimiques)


êtrueûlée d'pétrole

êtrueûlée d'pétrole f (plural êtrueûlées d'pétrole)


r'pliann'nie

r'pliann'nies (plural)
èrpliann'nie (alternative)


êtâne

(Jersey, nautical) stem, stempost (of boat, ship)


enfé

From Old French enfer, from Latin īnfernus (“of the lower regions; infernal, hellish”).


êcarceux à dêchèrgi

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êcarceux à dêchèrgi m (plural êcarceurs à dêchèrgi)


êcârreuse à dêchèrgi

êcârreuse à dêchèrgi f (plural êcârreuses à dêchèrgi)


êcart à dêchèrgi

êcart à dêchèrgi m (plural êcarts à dêchèrgi)


êcarceux d'beusse

êcarceux d'beusse m (plural êcarceurs d'beusse)


êcârreuse dé beusse

êcârreuse dé beusse f (plural êcârreuses dé beusse)


êcart dé beusse

êcart dé beusse m (plural êcarts dé beusse)


èrjouêthie d'action

èrjouêthie d'action f (plural èrjouêthies d'action)

(Jersey, sports, television) action replay, instant replay


êchitchi

From Old Northern French eskekier, from Medieval Latin scaccārium, from Vulgar Latin *scaccus (“chess”).


chent'nyi

(Jersey, law enforcement) centenier, policeman


homme à tout faithe

homme à tout faithe m (plural hommes à tout faithe)


lanche-fliambes

lanche-fliambes m (plural lanche-fliambes)


rouoge soudard

rouoge soudard m (plural rouoges soudards)


pèlerîn

From Old French pelerin, from Ecclesiastical Latin pelegrinus, from Classical Latin peregrinus.

Rouage ser, gris matin, ch'est la jouaie du pélerin.

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

A red evening and a grey morning are the pilgrim's joy.


gardeux d'quart

gardeux d'quart m (plural gardeurs d'quart)


quartchi-maître

quartchi-maître m (plural quartchi-maîtres)

(Jersey, military, nautical) quartermaster


quêméreu digital

quêméreu digital m (plural quêméreux digitaux)

quéméreu digital
quéméreu digital#Norman


quéméreu digital

quéméreu digital m (plural quéméreux digitaux)

quéméreux digitaux (plural)
quêméreu digital (alternative)


quartchi

From Medieval Latin quarterium, from Latin quartārium (“fourth part”).


quart d'heuthe

quart d'heuthe m (plural quarts d'heuthe)


kiosque d'téléphône

kiosque d'téléphône m (plural kiosques d'téléphône)


téléphone dé pouchette

téléphone dé pouchette m (plural téléphones dé pouchette)

téléphône dé pouchette
téléphône dé pouchette#Norman

Alternative form of téléphône dé pouchette (“mobile phone”)


lînmite dé vitesse

lînmite dé vitesse f (plural lînmites dé vitesse)


lînmite dg'ièrre

lînmite dg'ièrre f (plural lînmites dg'ièrre)


lînmite

From Old French limite, from Latin līmes, līmitis (“limit, border, path”).


trêfl'ye dg'ieau

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trêfl'ye dg'ieau m (plural trêfl'yes dg'ieau)

(Jersey) greater bird's-foot trefoil, marsh bird's-foot trefoil (Lotus pedunculatus).

Menyanthes trifoliata
Menyanthes trifoliata#Translingual

(Jersey) buckbean (Menyanthes trifoliata)


litchide à vaissieaux

litchide à vaissieaux m (plural litchides à vaissieaux)


trêfl'ye à moutons

trêfl'ye à moutons m (plural trêfl'yes à moutons)

Medicago lupulina
Wikispecies:Medicago lupulina

(Jersey) black medic (Medicago lupulina)


trêfl'ye d'Jérusalem

trêfl'ye d'Jérusalem m (plural trêfl'yes d'Jérusalem)

Medicago arabica
Wikispecies:Medicago arabica

(Jersey) spotted medick, spotted burclover, heart clover (Medicago arabica)


trêfl'ye d'natuthe

trêfl'ye d'natuthe m (plural trêfl'yes d'natuthe)

Trifolium repens
Trifolium repens#Translingual

(Jersey) white clover (Trifolium repens)


rouoge trêfl'ye

rouoge trêfl'ye m (plural rouoges trêfl'yes)

Trifolium pratense
Trifolium pratense#Translingual

(Jersey) red clover (Trifolium pratense)


trêfl'ye à ouognons

trêfl'ye à ouognons m (plural trêfl'yes à ouognons)

(Jersey) large-flowered pink-sorrel (Oxalis debilis)

(Jersey) Mexican oxalis (Oxalis latifolia)

(Jersey) four-leaf sorrel, four-leaf pink sorrel, four-leaved oxalis (Oxalis tetraphylla)


naûfragi

From Latin naufragāre (“to become shipwrecked”).


lîn

From Old French, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Indo-European *līno-.


lait d'bronzage

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lait d'bronzage m (plural laits d'bronzage)


d'sharmonie

(Jersey, music or figuratively) disharmony


dêclyinnaîson

From Old French declinaison, from Latin dēclīnātiō.


dêniêthie

From Old French denoier (“to deny, repudiate”) + -ie.


avaine

From Old French aveine, from Latin avēna (“oats”).


feu ortcheux

(Jersey, pathology) nettle rash, urticaria


aûmathe dé baté

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aûmathe dé baté f (plural aûmathes dé baté)


bichent'naithe

bichent'naithe m (plural bichent'naithes)


calendriyi

From Old French calendier, from Latin calendārium (“account book”), from calendae (“the first day of the month”), from calō, calāre (“announce solemnly, call out (the sighting of the new moon)”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁-.


chînm'tchiéthe

chînm'tchiéthe m (plural chînm'tchiéthes)

From Old French cimitiere, from Medieval Latin cimitērium, from Late Latin coemētērium, from Ancient Greek κοιμητήριον (koimētḗrion), from κοιμάω (koimáō, “I put to sleep”).


agent d'asseûthance

agent d'asseûthance m (plural agents d'asseûthance)


artill'lie d'pid

artill'lie d'pid f (plural artill'lies d'pids)


assèrmentâtion

assèrmentâtion f (plural assèrmentâtions)


chuchoteux

chuchoteux m (plural chuchoteurs, feminine chuchoteuse)

chuchoteurs (plural)
chuchoteuse (feminine)


compteux

From Old French conteor, from Medieval Latin computātōrium, from Latin computō, computāre.


consillieux

From Latin cōnsiliārius (“counselling, advising”).


drécheux

From Old Northern French [Term?] (compare Old French dresseur).


êcolyi

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êcolyi m (plural êcolièrs, feminine êcoliéthe)


êcole du Dînmanche

êcole du Dînmanche f (plural êcoles du Dînmanche)


êcoles du Dînmanche

êcole du Dînmanche
êcole du Dînmanche#Norman


env'yeux

env'yer (“to send”) + -eux (compare French envoyeur)


futhet

From a diminutive of Old French fuiron (“weasel, ferret”), from Late Latin fūrō (“cat; robber”), diminutive of Latin fūr (“thief”).


gaspilleux

From Middle French gaspiller (“to waste”) (c. 1549). Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a modification of Middle French gaspailler (“to throw back/reject bullets of wheat”) from Old French gaspail, vaspale (“bullet of wheat”) (compare Medieval Latin gaspalium; Old Northern French waspail (“chaff”)), from Frankish *wispila (“measure of grain”) from Proto-Germanic *wisp- (“measure of grain”). Akin to Middle Dutch wispel, Middle Low German wispel, Norwegian visp, English wisp (“handful or bundle of hay or grass”). More at wisp.
Alternate etymology connects Middle French gaspiller to Frankish *gaspillan, *gaspildjan (“to waste”) from Proto-Germanic *gaspilþijaną (“to destroy, waste”), from Proto-Indo-European *spel- (“to break off, split”), making it cognate with Old High German gaspildan (“to squander, waste”), Middle Dutch spillen (“to waste”), Old English ġespillan (“to spill, waste, spend”). Compare also Occitan guespillar, gispillar (“to trouble, tease”) from the same Germanic source. More at spill.


gliaineux

gliainer (“to pick up (potatoes)”) + -eux


gronneux

gronneurs (plural)
ronneux (alternative)


lieut'nant-gouvèrneux

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lieut'nant-gouvèrneux m (plural lieut'nant-gouvèrneux)

(Jersey, government) lieutenant governor


malfaiteux

From Latin malefactor (compare French malfaiteur).


mitheux

From Old French mireor, from mirer (“to look at”), from Latin mīror (“wonder at”), from mīrus (“wonderful”).


jouéthie

jouéthies (plural)
jouêthie (alternative)
jouôthie (alternative)


aumônyi

From Old French aumosnier, almosnier, from almosne (“alms”), from Latin eleēmosyna, from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē).


couôsîn gèrmain

couôsîn gèrmain m (plural couôsîns gèrmains, feminine couôsinne gèrmaine)

couôsîns gèrmains (plural)
couôsinne gèrmaine (feminine)


couôsîn r'mué

couôsîn r'mué m (plural couôsîns r'mués, feminine couôsinne r'muée)

couôsîns r'mués (plural)
couôsinne r'muée (feminine)


couochon d'la Dginnée

couochon d'la Dginnée m (plural couochons d'la Dginnée)


couochons d'la Dginnée

couochon d'la Dginnée
couochon d'la Dginnée#Norman


couongnac

Borrowed from French cognac, from Cognac, from Medieval Latin Comniacum.


êtchuménisme

From Ancient Greek οἰκουμένη (oikouménē, “the world; the inhabited world”) + -isme.


nâtionaliste

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nâtionaliste m or f (plural nâtionalistes)


nâtionnalisme

nâtionnalismes (plural)
nâtionalisme (alternative)


sponseur

sponseur m (plural sponseurs, feminine spons'rêsse)

sponseurs (plural)
spons'rêsse (feminine)

Borrowed from English sponsor, from Latin spōnsor.


spons'rêsses

plural of spons'rêsse (“(female) sponsor”)


sponsorisâtion

sponsorisâtion f (plural sponsorisâtions)


sponsorisâtions

plural of sponsorisâtion (“sponsorship”)


stchulptuthe

From Old French sculpture, from Latin sculptūra.


întèrfache

întèr- + fache, calque of English interface.


campangnard

campangnard m (plural campangnards, feminine campangnarde)

campangnards (plural)
campangnarde (feminine)


cap'taine à la course

cap'taine à la course m (plural cap'taines à la course)


cap'taines à la course

cap'taine à la course
cap'taine à la course#Norman


champangne

Borrowed from French champagne, from the region Champagne, from Late Latin campānia, from Latin campus (“plain, field”).


martchieaux

plural of marté (“hammer; blackcap; spotted flycatcher”)


ochéan

From Old French occean, from Latin Oceanus, from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós, “Oceanus”, a water deity).


souothis d'clios

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souothis d'clios m (plural souothis d'clios)


métalleurgie

From Ancient Greek μεταλλουργός (metallourgós, “worker in metal”), from μέταλλον (métallon, “metal”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”).

uder

μεταλλουργός


tou d'preinseu

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tou d'preinseu m (plural tous d'preinseu)


télévîsion dé satellite

satellite television
satellite television


rîngnon

From Vulgar Latin *rēniō, *rēniōnem, from Latin rēn (“kidney”).


couochi du solé

couochi du solé m (plural couochis du solé)


tchuthitchulum

tchuthitchulum m (plural tchuthitchulums)


advèrsaithe

advèrsaithe m or f (plural advèrsaithes)


locataithe

From Latin locātus (“leased, hired out, having been leased”) + -aithe.


mèrcénaithe

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mèrcénaithe m or f (plural mèrcénaithes)

From Latin mercēnārius (“mercenary, hireling”), from merces (“reward, wages, price”).


millionnaithe

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millionnaithe m or f (plural millionnaithes)


missionnaithe

missionnaithe m or f (plural missionnaithes)


notaithe

From Old French notarie, from Latin notārius (“note-taker”).


propriétaithe

propriétaithe m or f (plural propriétaithes)


Protchuleux du Bein Publ'yic

Protchuleux du Bein Publ'yic m (plural Protchuleurs du Bein Publ'yic)

(Jersey, politics) Procureur du Bien Public


d'ver

From Old French deveir, from Latin dēbeō, dēbēre.


légionnaithe

From Latin legiōnārius, from legiō (“legion”).


paîvre

paîvres (plural)
pêvre (alternative)
pevr (alternative)

From Old French peivre, from Latin piper (“pepper”).

Chièr coume paivre.

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


paîvre d'Cayenne

paîvre d'Cayenne m (plural paîvres d'Cayenne)


paîvres d'Cayenne

paîvre d'Cayenne
paîvre d'Cayenne#Norman

plural of paîvre d'Cayenne (“cayenne pepper”)


système d'opéthâtion

système d'opéthâtion m (plural systèmes d'opéthâtion)


systèmes d'opéthâtion

système d'opéthâtion
système d'opéthâtion#Norman


supèrlatif

From Old French superlatif, from Late Latin superlātīvus, from Latin superlātus (“extravagant, of hyperbole”), past participle of superfero (“carry over”), from super (“above”) + fero (“bear, carry”).


vîngtn'yi

(Jersey, law enforcement) vingtenier, policeman


dgiâbl'ye dans la brousse

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dgiâbl'ye dans la brousse m (uncountable)


machinnes à rêpondre

machinne à rêpondre
machinne à rêpondre#Norman

plural of machinne à rêpondre (“answering machine”)


Bastchais

Bastchais m (plural Bastchais, feminine Bastchaise)

Bastchais (plural)
Bastchaise (feminine)


êtchèrre

From Old French esquarre (“square”), from Vulgar Latin *exquadra, deverbal of *exquadrō, exquadrāre, from Latin quadrus, quadra.


hâvre

Borrowed from Old Norse höfn, hafn (“port”).


dgaîngue dé garçons

dgaîngue dé garçons f (plural dgaîngues dé garçons)


dgaîngues dé garçons

dgaîngue dé garçons
dgaîngue dé garçons#Norman


otum

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 ()


Allémand

Allémand m (plural Allémands, feminine Allémande)

From Old French alemant, alemand, from Late Latin Alamannus, Alemannus, of Germanic origins.


bouothé

Trisopterus luscus
Trisopterus luscus#Translingual

(Jersey) flobber, pouting (Trisopterus luscus)


bourdon d'tèrre

bourdon d'tèrre m (plural bourdons d'tèrre)


baté fraudeur

baté fraudeur m (plural batchieaux fraudeur)


coq à ieau fraide

coq à ieau fraide m (plural coqs à ieau fraide)


coq à ieau caûde

coq à ieau caûde m (plural coqs à ieau caûde)


conjudgaison

conjudgaisons (plural)
conjugaison (alternative)

From Latin coniugātiō (“combining, connecting; conjugation”), from coniugō (“join, unite together”), from con- (“with”) + iugō (“join, bind, connect”).


dgéthithon

From Old French garison (“healing”), from guarir (“to defend, protect, give health to”), of Frankish origins.


dgiag'nose

Learned borrowing from Latin diagnōsis, from Ancient Greek διάγνωσις (diágnōsis).


discriminnâtion

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discriminnâtion f (plural discriminnâtions)

Borrowed from Latin discrimīnatiō, discrimīnatiōnem.


difféthentiâtion

difféthentiâtion f (plural difféthentiâtions)


d'lédgi

Borrowed from Latin dēlēgātus, past participle of dēlēgō, dēlēgāre (“send, assign, dispatch, delegate”).


divèrsificâtion

divèrsificâtion f (plural divèrsificâtions)

From Medieval Latin diversificātiō, from diversificātus, past participle of diversificō (“diversify”), from Latin diversus (“turned in different ways”) + faciō, facere (“make, do”).


divèrsifiéthie

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divèrsifiéthie f (plural divèrsifiéthies)


dotchûmentâtion

dotchûmentâtion f (plural dotchûmentâtions)


dotchûment'tie

dotchûment'tie f (plural dotchûment'ties)


d'scendant

d'scendant m (plural d'scendants, feminine d'scendante)

d'scendants (plural)
d'scendante (feminine)

From Latin dēscendēns, present participle of dēscendō, from dē + scandō (“climb, ascend”).


vouaile

From Old French voil (compare French voile), from Latin vēlum.


vouaile d'eune mathiée

vouaile d'eune mathiée m (plural vouailes d'eune mathiée)


teurcélet

Alternative form of êteurcélet (“kestrel”)


êventail êlectrique

êventail êlectrique m (plural êventails êlectriques)


râseurs êlectriques

râseux êlectrique
râseux êlectrique#Norman


guênipe

From Old Norse kvinna (“woman”) (compare French guenipe).


assâsîn

assâsîn m (plural assâsîns, feminine assâsine)


asseûthance

From Old French assurance, from assurer.


blianc cahouain

blianc cahouain m (plural bliancs cahouains)


assembliées d'pâraîsse

assembliée d'pâraîsse
assembliée d'pâraîsse#Norman


assembliée d'pâraîsse

assembliée d'pâraîsse f (plural assembliées d'pâraîsse)


assembliée

assembliées (plural)
assembllaïe (alternative)

From Old French asemblee (compare French assemblée), from asembler (“to collect up; to get together”).


bande êlastique

bande êlastique f (plural bandes êlastiques)


boutchet

boutchets (plural)
bouquet (alternative)

From Old French buquet, diminutive of buc (“abdomen; object with a cavity”), from Vulgar Latin *būcō, of Germanic origins.


caltchul du sens d'sa tête

caltchul du sens d'sa tête m (uncountable)


jouôthie

jouôthies (plural)
jouéthie (alternative)
jouêthie (alternative)


jouêthie

jouêthies (plural)
jouéthie (alternative)
jouôthie (alternative)


sonn'nie

les pêtcheurs tchi ouïyaient la sonn'nie d'clioches

2010, Mêfie-té des Monstres: Tchiques légendes dé Jèrri, Jersey: Le Don Balleine, L'Office du Jèrriais, →ISBN, page 20:

the fishermen that heard the sounding of the bells


raccourchéthie

raccourchéthie f (plural raccourchéthies)


régionnalisâtion

régionnalisâtion f (plural régionnalisâtions)

régionnaliser (“to regionalize”) + -âtion


régionnalisâtions

plural of régionnalisâtion (“regionalization”)


régînment

From Late Latin regimentum (“direction for government; course of medical treatment”), from Latin regō, regere (“rule”).


bâsset

From Old French basset (“short-legged”), from bas (“short, low”).


baté à nagi

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baté à nagi m (plural batchieaux à nagi)


brévage

From Old French beverage (compare French breuvage), from bevre (“to drink”) + -age, from Latin bibere.


génèvre

From Old French genevre, from Vulgar Latin ziniperus, from Latin iūniperus.


înfra-rouoge

From Latin infra (“below”) + rouoge (“red”).


annivèrsaithe

annivèrsaithes (plural)
anniversaire (alternative)

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


unnivèrsité

unnivèrsités (plural)
euniversitaé (alternative)

From Old French universitei, borrowed from Medieval Latin ūniversitās, in juridical and Late Latin "a number of persons associated into one body, a society, company, community, guild, corporation, etc.," in Classical Latin, "the whole, aggregate," from ūniversus (“whole, entire”).


euniversitaé

euniversitaés (plural)
unnivèrsité (alternative Jersey)


prog'nose

From Latin prognōsis, from Ancient Greek πρόγνωσις (prógnōsis, “foreknowledge, perceiving beforehand, prediction”), from προ- (pro-, “before”) + γνῶσις (gnôsis, “inquiry, investigation, knowing”), from γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “I know”).


disteurbé

From Latin disturbātus (“disturbed”), perfect passive participle of disturbō, disturbāre (“disturb; demolish, destroy”).


préfache

From Old French preface, from Medieval Latin prefatia, from Classical Latin praefātiō (“preface, prologue”), from praefor, praefārī (“speak beforehand”), from prae- (“beforehand”) + for, fārī (“speak”).


pôssibilité

From Old French possibilité, from Late Latin possibilitās, from Latin possibilis (“possible”).


putouais

putouais (plural)
pitouais (alternative)


pitouais

Alternative form of putouais (“polecat”)


pâté statistique

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pâté statistique m (plural pâtés statistiques)


pâtés statistiques

pâté statistique
pâté statistique#Norman


stâtions d'beusse

stâtion d'beusse
stâtion d'beusse#Norman

plural of stâtion d'beusse (“bus station”)


mithacl'ye

From Old French miracle, borrowed from Latin mīrāculum (“object of wonder”), from mīror (“to wonder at”), from mīrus (“wonderful”), from Proto-Indo-European *smei-, *mei- (“to smile, to be astonished”).


îndustrialisâtion

îndustrialisâtion f (plural îndustrialisâtions)

îndustrialiser (“to industrialize”) + -âtion


grand pèrrotchet

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grand pèrrotchet m (plural grands pèrrotchets)


grands pèrrotchets

grand pèrrotchet
grand pèrrotchet#Norman

plural of grand pèrrotchet (“main topgallant sail”)


vailes dé pèrrotchet

vaile dé pèrrotchet
vaile dé pèrrotchet#Norman

plural of vaile dé pèrrotchet (“topgallant sail”)


mât d'pèrrotchet

mât d'pèrrotchet m (plural mâts d'pèrrotchet)


mâts d'pèrrotchet

mât d'pèrrotchet
mât d'pèrrotchet#Norman

plural of mât d'pèrrotchet (“topgallant mast”)


p'tit pèrrotchet

p'tit pèrrotchet m (plural p'tits pèrrotchets)


p'tits pèrrotchets

p'tit pèrrotchet
p'tit pèrrotchet#Norman

plural of p'tit pèrrotchet (“fore topgallant sail”)


molétchule

From New Latin molecula (“molecule”), diminutive of Latin moles (“a mass”).


lampion êlectrique

lampion êlectrique m (plural lampions êlectriques)


lampions êlectriques

lampion êlectrique
lampion êlectrique#Norman

plural of lampion êlectrique (“light bulb”)


accouochement

accouocher (“to deliver, give birth”) + -ment


accouocheuse

accouocher (“to deliver, give birth”) + -euse


longues pièrres

plural of longue pièrre (“standing stone”)


muthâles à pièrre sècque

muthâle à pièrre sècque
muthâle à pièrre sècque#Norman


pièrres à foudre

plural of pièrre à foudre (“thunderbolt”)


pièrres dé taille

pièrre dé taille
pièrre dé taille#Norman

plural of pièrre dé taille (“dressed stone”)


agîtant

From Latin adiūtāns, present participle of adiūtō, adiūtāre (“help, serve, assist”).


aigrefîn

Borrowed from French aigrefin, a variant of aiglefin (“haddock”).


alicracq

red-breasted merganser
red-breasted merganser


anchêtre

From Old French ancestre, ancessor, from Latin antecessor, from antecēdō, antecēdere (“precede”, verb).


Nazarétchienne

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Nazarétchienne f (plural Nazarétchiennes)


Nazarétchien

Nazarétchien m (plural Nazarétchiens, feminine Nazarétchienne)

Nazarétchiens (plural)
Nazarétchienne (feminine)


almonnas

almonnas (plural)
alménas (alternative)
almonas (alternative)
arménâ (alternative)
almanaa (alternative)

From Old French almanach, from Medieval Latin almanachus.


archêvêque

From Latin archiepiscopus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιεπίσκοπος (arkhiepískopos), from ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “first, chief”) + ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”), from ἐπισκοπέω (episkopéō, “I watch over”), from ἐπί (epí, “over”), + σκοπέω (skopéō, “I examine”).

der

ἀρχιεπίσκοπος


alouettes dé grève

alouette dé grève
alouette dé grève#Norman


alouettes dé mielle

alouette dé mielle
alouette dé mielle#Norman


alouettes dé rotchi

alouette dé rotchi
alouette dé rotchi#Norman


bécachinnes dé grève

bécachinne dé grève
bécachinne dé grève#Norman


blianches alouettes

blianche alouette
blianche alouette#Norman


caûvettes dé cliochi

caûvette dé cliochi
caûvette dé cliochi#Norman


godes à rouoge bé

gode à rouoge bé
gode à rouoge bé#Norman


hèrbettes

plural of hèrbette (“mistle thrush; redshank”)


hèrbettes dé grève

hèrbette dé grève
hèrbette dé grève#Norman

plural of hèrbette dé grève (“redshank; dunlin”)


héthondes dé falaise

héthonde dé falaise
héthonde dé falaise#Norman


maûvettes

plural of maûvette (“black-headed gull”)


mêles à blianche gorge

mêle à blianche gorge
mêle à blianche gorge#Norman

plural of mêle à blianche gorge (“ring ouzel”)


tiquelesses

plural of tiquelesse (“small black-headed gull”)


b'veux

Compare French buveur, Middle French beuveur.


ch'lîn

ch'lîns (plural)
chélîn (alternative)
chelin (alternative)


j'va

j'vaux (plural)
queva (alternative)
ch'fa (alternative)
ch'va (alternative)
chéva (alternative)

From Old French cheval, from Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”), of disputed origin (compare Gaulish caballos (“horse”), Ancient Greek καβάλλης (kabállēs, “nag”)).


p'tites pouchettes

p'tite pouchette
p'tite pouchette#Norman

plural of p'tite pouchette (“Slavonian grebe, horned grebe”)


p'tites alouettes

plural of p'tite alouette (“meadow pipit”)


p'tites bécachinnes

p'tite bécachinne
p'tite bécachinne#Norman


r'chéveux

r'chéveurs (plural)
èrchéveux (alternative)


g'lée

Aube gelaïe est biétôt lavaïe.


m'sage

From Old French message, from Early Medieval Latin missaticum, derived from Latin mittere (“send”).


r'calibrâtions

plural of r'calibrâtion (“recalibration”)


g'zette

g'zettes (plural)
quézette (alternative)

Jaune coume q'zette.

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


m'niche

From Old French menache, from Latin minācia (“threat”), a noun based on mināx (“threatening”).


r'gret

From Old French regret (“lamentation, complaint”), deverbal of regreter (“to lament”), from re- (intensive prefix) + *greter, *grater (“to weep”), from Frankish *grētan (“to weep, mourn, lament”), *grēotan (“to cry, weep”), from Proto-Germanic *grētaną (“to weep”), *greutaną (“to weep, cry”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghrew- (“to weep, be sad”).


bannetîn

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bannetîn m (plural bannetîns, feminine bannetinne)

bannetîns (plural)
bannetinne (feminine)


boulant hors-c'mîn

boulant hors-c'mîn m (plural boulants hors-c'mîn)


boulants hors-c'mîn

boulant hors-c'mîn
boulant hors-c'mîn#Norman


canne à sprayer

canne à sprayer f (plural cannes à sprayer)


comptabl'ye

comptabl'ye m or f (plural comptabl'yes)


commeuniste

commeuniste m or f (plural commeunistes)


contribuabl'ye

contribuabl'ye m or f (plural contribuabl'yes)

Compare French contribuable (“taxpayer”).


continnent

From Latin continēns, present active participle of contineō, continēre (“hold together, contain”).


coupl'ye

coupl'yes (plural)
couplle (alternative)

From Old French couple, from Latin cōpula.


couôtage d'la vie

couôtage d'la vie m (plural couôtages d'la vie)


couôtuthyi

couôtuthyi m (plural couôtuthièrs, feminine couôtuthiéthe)

couôtuthièrs (plural)
couôtuthiéthe (feminine)


dat'tie au tchèrbon

dat'tie au tchèrbon f (plural dat'ties au tchèrbon)

(Jersey, physics, archaeology, paleontology) carbon dating


dêtèrminnâtion

dêtèrminnâtion f (plural dêtèrminnâtions)


dictionnaithe

dictionnaithes (plural)
dictiounnaire (alternative Guernsey)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dictiōnārium (“dictionary”), derived from Latin dictiō (“saying, speaking”) + -ārium.


bouv'theu

bouv'theus (plural)
bouv'reu (alternative)

Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Pyrrhula pyrrhula#Translingual


colîn-feunmelle

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colîn-feunmelle m (plural colîns-feunmelles)


mouontréthie au projecteux

mouontréthie au projecteux f (plural mouontréthies au projecteux)


projecteux d'transpathenches

projecteux d'transpathenches m (plural projecteurs d'transpathenches)


projecteux d'portraits

projecteux d'portraits m (plural projecteurs d'portraits)


transpathenche

transpathenche f (plural transpathenches)

From Medieval Latin trānspārentia, from trānspārēns (“transparent”).


p'tit pigeon d'France

p'tit pigeon d'France m (plural p'tits pigeons d'France)


p'tits pigeons d'France

p'tit pigeon d'France
p'tit pigeon d'France#Norman


pigeon d'colombyi

pigeon d'colombyi m (plural pigeons d'colombyi)

Columba oenas
Columba oenas#Translingual


pigeon ramyi

Columba palumbus
Columba palumbus#Translingual


pigeon sauvage

pigeon sauvage m (plural pigeons sauvages)


pigeon d'falaise

pigeon d'falaise m (plural pigeons d'falaise)

Columba livia
Columba livia#Translingual


pigeons d'colombyi

pigeon d'colombyi
pigeon d'colombyi#Norman

plural of pigeon d'colombyi (“stock pigeon”)


pigeons d'falaise

pigeon d'falaise
pigeon d'falaise#Norman

plural of pigeon d'falaise (“rock dove”)


couorlieu

couorlieus (plural)
corlieu (alternative)
courlieu (alternative)
courlis (alternative)


corlieu

Alternative form of couorlieu (“curlew”)


volantaithe

volantaithe m or f (plural volantaithes)


volontaithe

volontaithe m or f (plural volontaithes)

volontaithes (plural)
volantaithe (alternative)

From Old French volontaire, borrowed from Latin voluntārius (“voluntary; volunteer”), from voluntās (“free will”), from volō, velle (“wish, intend”).


vitchet

From Old Northern French wiket, viquet, from Old Norse víkjask (“to slip away”).


vithouette

Borrowed from Old Norse veðr-viti (“weather indicator”), from veðr (“weather”), and viti (“indicator”).


méthe sîndguliéthe

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méthe sîndguliéthe f (plural méthes sîndguliéthes)


méthes sîndguliéthes

méthe sîndguliéthe
méthe sîndguliéthe#Norman


vèrbes irrédgulièrs

vèrbe irrédgulyi
vèrbe irrédgulyi#Norman


sénévébitches

plural of sénévébitche (“son of a bitch”)


téléphônes dé pouchette

téléphône dé pouchette
téléphône dé pouchette#Norman

plural of téléphône dé pouchette (“mobile phone”)


craquelîn

Sylvia atricapilla
Sylvia atricapilla#Translingual

(Jersey) Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)


voleux d'grand'c'mîn

voleux d'grand'c'mîn m (plural voleurs d'grand'c'mîn)


vèrre à baithe

vèrre à baithe m (plural vèrres à baithe)


vèrre d'approche

vèrre d'approche m (plural vèrres d'approche)


vèrres d'approche

vèrre d'approche
vèrre d'approche#Norman


viageux

From viagi (“to travel”) + -eux. Compare French voyageur.


bourgaille à fronmage

bourgaille à fronmage f (plural bourgailles à fronmage)


bourgailles à fronmage

bourgaille à fronmage
bourgaille à fronmage#Norman


câsaque contre-boulets

câsaque contre-boulets f (plural câsaques contre-boulets)


câsaque dé dînner

câsaque dé dînner f (plural câsaques dé dînner)


câsaque dé sauveté

câsaque dé sauveté f (plural câsaques dé sauveté)


câsaques contre-boulets

câsaque contre-boulets
câsaque contre-boulets#Norman


câsaques dé dînner

câsaque dé dînner
câsaque dé dînner#Norman


câsaques dé sauveté

câsaque dé sauveté
câsaque dé sauveté#Norman


chapé du pot à thée

chapé du pot à thée m (plural chapieaux du pot à thée)


Wesleyen

Wesleyen m (plural Wesleyens, feminine Wesleyenne)

Wesleyens (plural)
Wesleyenne (feminine)


chap'lain

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


châté dé sablion

châté dé sablion m (plural châtchieaux dé sablion)


châtchieaux dé sablion

châté dé sablion
châté dé sablion#Norman


chât'nyi à j'va

chât'nyi à j'va m (plural chât'nièrs à j'va)


chérise

From Old Northern French cherise, a variant of Old French cerise, from Vulgar Latin ceresia, from the neuter plural of Late Latin ceresium, from Latin cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον (kerásion, “cherry”), from κερασός (kerasós, “bird cherry”), ultimately possibly of Anatolian origin.


chèrvé

From an Old Northern French variant of Old French cervel, from Latin cerebellum.


chour

Brassica oleracae longata
Brassica oleracae longata

(Jersey) Jersey cabbage (Brassica oleracae longata)


dgiocèse

dgiocèses (plural)
diocèse (alternative)

From Old French diocese, from Latin dioecēsis (“district under a governor”), from Ancient Greek διοίκησις (dioíkēsis, “internal administration”).


leunatique

From Old French lunatique, borrowed from Late Latin lūnāticus (“moonstruck”), derived from Latin lūna (“moon”) (compare leune).


bouochi

From Old French bouchier (“goat slaughterer”), from bouc (“goat”), from Late Latin buccus (“male goat”) (first recorded in the Salic Laws), from Frankish *bukk (“male goat”), from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz, *bukkô (“male goat”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhuǵ- (“he-goat, ram”).


bouôlias

Betula pendula
Betula pendula#Translingual


caûd tchian

caûds tchians (plural)
caud tchian (alternative)


compiuteurs d'paûmé

compiuteu d'paûmé
compiuteu d'paûmé#Norman


cinnématographie

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cinnématographie f (plural cinnématographies)


citouoyen

citouoyen m (plural citouoyens, feminine citouoyenne)

citouoyens (plural)
citouoyenne (feminine)

From Old French citeien (“citizen”), from citet, cité (“city”), from Latin cīvitās (“citizenship, community of citizens”), from cīvis (“townsman, citizen”), from Proto-Italic *keiwis (“society”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“to lie down, settle; home, family; love; beloved”).


c'menchant

c'menchants (plural)
quémenchant (alternative)


clyînmatologie

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clyînmatologie f (plural clyînmatologies)


clyînmat

Borrowed from Latin clima, from Ancient Greek κλίμα (klíma).


dgialecte

From Ancient Greek διάλεκτος (diálektos, “conversation, the language of a country or a place or a nation, the local idiom which derives from a dominant language”), from διαλέγομαι (dialégomai, “I participate in a dialogue”), from διά (diá, “inter, through”) + λέγω (légō, “I speak”).


êclyipse

From Old French eclipse, from Latin eclīpsis (“eclipse”), from Ancient Greek ἔκλειψις (ékleipsis, “eclipse”), from ἐκλείπω (ekleípō, “I abandon”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) and λείπω (leípō, “I leave behind”).


êprivyi doré

Eurasian golden plover
Eurasian golden plover

Pluvialis apricaria
Pluvialis apricaria#Translingual

(Jersey) Eurasian golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria)


feunmyi

From Old French femier, from Vulgar Latin *femarium, from *femus, alteration of Latin fimus.


fouoyi

From Vulgar Latin *focārium, nominalization of the Late Latin adjective focārius, from Latin focus (“hearth”).


souôtâsse volante

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souôtâsse volante f (plural souôtâsses volantes)


souôtâsses volantes

souôtâsse volante
souôtâsse volante#Norman

plural of souôtâsse volante (“flying saucer”)


synnode

From Latin synodus (compare French synode), from Ancient Greek σύνοδος (súnodos, “assembly, meeting”), from σύν (sún, “with”) + ὁδός (hodós, “way, path”).


char à bancs

Borrowed from French char-à-bancs (“a carriage with benches”).


codement postal

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codement postal m (plural codements postaux)


caméra digital

caméra digital m (plural caméras digitaux)


carte dé mémouaithe

carte dé mémouaithe f (plural cartes dé mémouaithe)


badgettes dé mémouaithe

badgette dé mémouaithe
badgette dé mémouaithe#Norman


cartes dé mémouaithe

carte dé mémouaithe
carte dé mémouaithe#Norman


compathatif

(Jersey, grammar) comparative (word in comparative form)


compathaison

From Old French comparison, from Latin comparātiō, from comparātus, perfect passive participle of comparō, comparāre (“compare, match, place together, couple, prepare”).


êpaûle

êpaûles (plural)
êpaule (alternative)
épaoule (alternative)
epol (alternative)

From Old French espalle, espaule, from Vulgar Latin *spatla, from Late Latin spathula, diminutive of Latin spatha (“straight sword”).


êpinnoque-dents

êpinnoque-dents m (plural êpinnoque-dents)


bat-les-banques

bat-les-banques m (plural bat-les-banques)


faîsan

From Old French fesan, from Latin phāsiānus, from Ancient Greek φασιανός (phasianós, “bird of the river Φᾶσις (Phâsis)”) from where, it was supposed, the bird spread to the west.

der

bird of the river <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">Φᾶσις</i> (Phâsis)


beurre dé chocolat

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beurre dé chocolat m (plural beurres dé chocolat)


beurre dé nouaix

beurre dé nouaix m (plural beurres dé nouaix)


cormouothan

cormouothans (plural)
cormoran (alternative)


cotelle Êcossaise

cotelle Êcossaise f (plural cotelles Êcossaises)

cotelle f (“skirt”) + Êcossaise f (“Scottish”), literally “Scottish skirt”.


cotelles Êcossaises

cotelle Êcossaise
cotelle Êcossaise#Norman


Êcossais

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Êcossais m (plural Êcossais, feminine Êcossaise)


agents d'asseûthance

agent d'asseûthance
agent d'asseûthance#Norman


hommes d'affaithes

homme d'affaithes
homme d'affaithes#Norman


clèrc

From Old French clerc, from Late Latin clēricus (“a priest, clergyman, cleric, also generally a learned man, clerk”), from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós, “of the clergy”), from κλῆρος (klêros, “lot, inheritance,” originally “a shard used in casting lots”).


mécanicienne

female equivalent of mécanicien (“mechanic”)


mécaniciennes

plural of mécanicienne (“(female) mechanic”)


officyi

From Old French officier, from Medieval Latin officiārius, from Latin officium (“office”).


souôs-officyi

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souôs-officyi m (plural souôs-officièrs)

non-commissioned officer
non-commissioned officer


souôs-officièrs

plural of souôs-officyi (“non-commissioned officer”)


grais céramique

grais céramique m (plural grais céramiques)


grais êlectrique

grais êlectrique m (plural grais êlectriques)


grais halogène

grais halogène m (plural grais halogène)


grais êlectriques

grais êlectrique
grais êlectrique#Norman

plural of grais êlectrique (“electric hob”)


grais céramiques

plural of grais céramique (“ceramic hob”)


barbes d'gardîngni

barbe d'gardîngni
barbe d'gardîngni#Norman


armouaithe

armouaithes (plural)
ormouère (alternative)

From Latin armārium, from arma (“weapons, tools”).


angné

From Old French agnel, aignel, from Latin agnellus, diminutive of agnus (“lamb”).


acat

From Old Northern French acater (compare Old French achater, modern French achat).


adminnistrateu

adminnistrateu m (plural adminnistrateurs)

From Latin administrātor (“manager, conductor, administrator”).


apotitchi

From Old French apotecaire, from Medieval Latin apothēcārius (“storekeeper”), from apothēca (“shop, store”), earlier Latin apothēca (“repository, storehouse, warehouse”).


applyitchant

Borrowed from Latin applicāns, applicantem.


ahan dans l'côté

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ahan dans l'côté m (plural ahans dans l'côté)


artichaut vèrt

artichaut vèrt m (plural artichauts vèrts)

Cynara cardunculus
Cynara cardunculus#Translingual


arriéthe-pétit-fis

arriéthe-pétit-fis m (plural arriéthes-pétits-fis)


arriéthe-petite-fil'ye

arriéthe-petite-fil'ye f (plural arriéthes-petites-fil'yes)


blianc-bouais

(Jersey) abele, white poplar (Populus alba)


gênotte

Borrowed from Old Norse jarðhnot (“earth nut”).


n'veu

From Old French neveu (“nephew, grandson”), from Latin nepōs, nepōtem (“nephew, grandson”), from Proto-Indo-European *népōts (“grandchild, sister's son”).


empéreu

empéreurs (plural)
empéreur (alternative Jersey)

From Old French empereor, from Latin imperātōrem.


rossîngno

From Old Occitan rossinhol, from Vulgar Latin *luscinolus, from a masculine diminutive of Latin luscinia.


ricolisse

From Old French licorece, ricolice, ricolisse, regulisse, reglisse (compare French réglisse), from Late Latin liquiritia, from Ancient Greek γλυκύρριζα (glukúrrhiza, “sweet root”).

uder

Glycyrrhiza glabra
Glycyrrhiza glabra#Translingual


téléphône

télé- + -phône. Borrowed from French téléphone, from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “afar”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice, sound”).


kiosques d'téléphône

kiosque d'téléphône
kiosque d'téléphône#Norman


c'mande

Psalm 105, vv. 34-35, 42-45
S'lon sa c'mande, v'là tchi vîndrent les j'vaux d'Saint George, et lus p'tchiots par mouochieaux qu'nou n'pouôrrait pon compter, pouor passecrithe toutes les pliantes d'lus pays, pouor mangi touos les frits d'la tèrre. […] Car i' ramembrait sa sainte pathole, et Âbréhan san sèrveux, et il emm'nit san peupl'ye hors auve d'la jouaie, les hoummes qu'il avait chouaîsi auve des brais rêjouis, et i' lus baillit les tèrrains d'aut's peupl'yes, et i' prîndrent lé travas des peupl'yes pouor lus héthitage à seule fîn qu'i' siûssent ses c'mandes et honothîssent ses louais.


téléc'mandes

plural of téléc'mande (“remote control”)


tîmbre pouor l'êtrangi

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tîmbre pouor l'êtrangi m (plural tîmbres pouor l'êtrangi)


tîmbres pouor l'êtrangi

tîmbre pouor l'êtrangi
tîmbre pouor l'êtrangi#Norman


chôse

From Old French chose, from Latin causa.


ouaîthé

ouaîthieaux (plural)
ouaîsé (alternative)
ouésé (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.


noeud couothant

noeud couothant m (plural noeuds couothants)


noeud d'pendard

noeud d'pendard m (plural noeuds d'pendard)


noeuds d'pendard

plural of noeud d'pendard (“hangman's noose”)


noeud d'têtchiéthe

noeud d'têtchiéthe m (plural noeuds d'têtchiéthe)


noeud d'ridgage

noeud d'ridgage m (plural noeuds d'ridgage)


noeuds d'têtchiéthe

noeud d'têtchiéthe
noeud d'têtchiéthe#Norman


noeuds d'ridgage

plural of noeud d'ridgage (“shroud knot”)


noeud en tchu d'poulain

noeud en tchu d'poulain m (plural noeuds en tchu d'poulain)


noeuds en tchu d'poulain

noeud en tchu d'poulain
noeud en tchu d'poulain#Norman

plural of noeud en tchu d'poulain (“granny knot”)


noeud d'bôlinne

noeud d'bôlinne m (plural noeuds d'bôlinne)


noeud d'ièrrîn

noeud d'ièrrîn m (plural noeuds d'ièrrîn)


noeuds d'ièrrîn

plural of noeud d'ièrrîn (“manrope knot; rope ladder”)


noeud d'goulet d'boutelle

noeud d'goulet d'boutelle m (plural noeuds d'goulet d'boutelle)


noeuds d'goulet d'boutelle

noeud d'goulet d'boutelle
noeud d'goulet d'boutelle#Norman

plural of noeud d'goulet d'boutelle (“bottle sling”)


nouvieau cidre

nouvieau cidre m (plural nouvieaux cidres)


nettisseux dé f'nêtres

nettisseux dé f'nêtres m (plural nettisseurs dé f'nêtres)


ouadgîn dé dêpannage

ouadgîn dé dêpannage m (plural ouadgîns dé dêpannage)


ouadgîns dé dêpannage

ouadgîn dé dêpannage
ouadgîn dé dêpannage#Norman


ouvriyi

From Old French ovrier, from Latin operārius.


ôsaine dé d'vant

ôsaine dé d'vant f (plural ôsaines dé d'vant)


ôsaine dé driéthe

ôsaine dé driéthe f (plural ôsaines dé driéthe)


ôsaines dé d'vant

ôsaine dé d'vant
ôsaine dé d'vant#Norman


ôsaines dé driéthe

ôsaine dé driéthe
ôsaine dé driéthe#Norman


orientâtion sexuelle

orientâtion sexuelle f (plural orientâtions sexuelles)


orientâtions sexuelles

orientâtion sexuelle
orientâtion sexuelle#Norman


driéthe

driéthes (plural)
derryire (alternative)


boulet dé canon

boulet dé canon m (plural boulets dé canon)


boulet contraceptif

boulet contraceptif m (plural boulets contraceptifs)


boulets contraceptifs

boulet contraceptif
boulet contraceptif#Norman


candelle

From an Old Northern French variant of Old French chandele, chandeile, chandoile from Latin candēla. In Jersey, displaced by chandelle.


cânchon

cânchons (plural)
caunchoun (alternative)

From an Old Northern French [Term?] form of Old French chançon f, from the accusative Latin cantiōnem f (“song, singing”), from cantus (“sung”), perfect passive participle of canere (“sing”), from Proto-Indo-European *kan- (“to sing”).


gâthette

gâthettes (plural)
gâzette (alternative)


couôthîn

couôthîn m (plural couôthîns, feminine couôthinne)

couôthîns (plural)
couôthinne (feminine)
couôsîn (alternative)
cousin (alternative)

From Old French cosin, from Latin cōnsobrīnus.


couôthinne

couôthinnes (plural)
couôsinne (alternative)
cousaine (alternative)


sèrgent-mâjeur

sèrgent-mâjeur m (plural sèrgents-mâjeurs)


sèrgent

From Old French sergeant, sergent, serjant, sergient, sergant (“sergeant, servant”), from Latin servientem.


vacâbond

From Latin vagor, vagārī (“ramble, wander”, verb).


vaccîn

Borrowed from Latin vaccinus, from vacca (“cow”) (because of early use of the cowpox virus against smallpox).


vitchaithe

From Latin vicārius (“substitute, proxy, deputy”).


vithicatouaithe

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vithicatouaithe m (plural vithicatouaithes)


vétérinnaithe

vétérinnaithe m or f (plural vétérinnaithes)

From Latin veterīnārius (“farrier, cattle doctor, veterinarian”), from veterīnum (“beast of burden”), from vehiterīnum, from vehō, vehere (“bear, carry”).


vieau

vieaux (plural)
viâo (alternative)
vé (alternative)
viau (alternative)
vyo (alternative)

From Latin vitellus, diminutive of vitulus (“calf”).


véthot

From an Old Northern French variant of Old French ver (with a later suffix), from Latin verrēs.


vèr solitaithe

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vèr solitaithe m (plural vèrs solitaithes)


souaie

From Old French soie, from Latin saeta, sēta.


vèrmingnon

Chloris chloris
Chloris chloris#Translingual


vèrdreu

Prunella modularis
Prunella modularis#Translingual

(Jersey) dunnock, hedge sparrow, hedge warbler (Prunella modularis)


verglias

Borrowed from French verglas, from verre (“glass”) (compare vèrre) + glace (“ice”) (compare gliaiche).


vrai d'vivi

Alternative form of vrai d'vivyi (“pondweed”)


tambour-mâjeur

tambour-mâjeur m (plural tambours-mâjeurs)


tchestionnaithe

tchestionnaithe m (plural tchestionnaithes)

Borrowed from Late Latin quaestiōnārius, from Latin quaestiō, quaestiōnem (“inquiry, investigation, questioning, question”) (tchestchion) + -ārius (-aithe), from quaerō, quaerere (“ask, question, inquire”).


tchestchion

From Old French question, borrowed from Latin quaestiō, quaestiōnem (“inquiry, investigation, questioning, question”), from quaerō, quaerere (“ask, question, inquire”).


tchestchions

plural of tchestchion (“question; interrogative”)


tchoeur

tchoeurs (plural)
qùœu (alternative)
tchoeu (alternative Jersey)
kyör (alternative Sark)

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


pilyi

From Old French piler, from Vulgar Latin *pilāre, from Latin pila.


pêtcheux

pêtcheurs (plural)
peekyõ (alternative)
pêqùeu (alternative)
pêqueux (alternative)

Lé pêtcheux n'sent pon sa pouque.


voleurs d'grand'c'mîn

voleux d'grand'c'mîn
voleux d'grand'c'mîn#Norman


êtchutheu

From Old French escurel from Late Latin *scūriolus, diminutive of *scūrius, variant of Classical Latin sciūrus, from Ancient Greek σκίουρος (skíouros).


fliantcheurs hors

fliantcheux hors
fliantcheux hors#Norman


couotheurs d'grève

couotheux d'grève
couotheux d'grève#Norman


raîté

From Old French roitel (compare French roitelet).


maqu'sé

maquéthieaux (plural)
maqu'thé (alternative)
macré (alternative)

From Old French maquerel, from a Germanic source.

Scomber scombrus
Scomber scombrus#Translingual


cliu

(Jersey) patch; a little patch of fabric


cliuteux d'affiches

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cliuteux d'affiches m (plural cliuteurs d'affiches)


d'senchorchéleux

d'senchorchéleux m (plural d'senchorchéleurs)


empouaîsonneux

empouaîsonneux m (plural empouaîsonneurs)


înginnieux

From Old French engigneor, from Medieval Latin ingeniarius (“one who makes or uses an engine”), from ingenium (“an engine”), from Latin in (“in”) + gignō, gignere (“beget, produce”).


înspecteux

From Latin īnspectō, īnspectāre (“observe, look at”) + -eux.


m'sutheux d'êlectricité

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m'sutheux d'êlectricité m (plural m'sutheurs d'êlectricité)


St. Martinnais

St. Martinnais m (plural St. Martinnais)


pêtcheux d'St. Martîn

pêtcheux d'St. Martîn m (plural pêtcheurs d'St. Martîn)


pitcheux d'pièrre

pitcheux d'pièrre m (plural pitcheurs d'pièrre)


prêcheux

From Latin praedicātor, from praedicō (“I proclaim, declare publicly; I announce, make known; I praise, commend, extol; I preach the gospel”).


porteux d'lettres

porteux d'lettres m (plural porteurs d'lettres)


raconteux

raconter (“to relate, recount, narrate”) + -eux


rouôleurs

plural of rouôleux (“roller; scroll bar”)


sonneux

(Jersey) bell ringer / bell-ringer / bellringer


sîngne dé dollar

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sîngne dé dollar m (plural sîngnes dé dollar)


sîngne dé louis

sîngne dé louis m (plural sîngnes dé louis)


sîngnes dé louis

plural of sîngne dé louis (“pound sign”)


sîngnes dé dollar

sîngne dé dollar
sîngne dé dollar#Norman

plural of sîngne dé dollar (“dollar sign”)


sûfflieux en paûme

sûfflieux en paûme m (plural sûfflieurs en paûme)


tchestchionneux d'avis

tchestchionneux d'avis m (plural tchestchionneurs d'avis)


titheux muchi

titheux muchi m (plural titheurs muchis)


triyeux

Compare French trayeuse (“milking machine”).


traducteux

Borrowed from Latin trāductor, from trādūcō, trādūcere (“translate”).


trêsoryi

trêsorièrs (plural)
trésôryi (alternative)


sîmpl'ye pâssé

sîmpl'ye pâssé m (plural sîmpl'yes pâssés)

(Jersey, grammar) preterite, simple past


sîmpl'yes pâssés

plural of sîmpl'ye pâssé (“preterite, simple past”)


sîmpl'ye futur

sîmpl'ye futur m (plural sîmpl'yes futurs)


sîmpl'yes futurs

plural of sîmpl'ye futur (“simple future”)


séthée ès poules

séthée ès poules f (plural séthées ès poules)

(Jersey) bachelorette party, hen night, hen party


séthée ès chèrs

séthée ès chèrs f (plural séthées ès chèrs)

(Jersey) bachelor party, stag night, stag party

séthée ès poules

bachelorette party, hen night, hen party


chèr

From Old Northern French [Term?] (compare Old French cerf), from Latin cervus.


raîtelîn

From Old French roitel + -în (compare French roitelet).


objet îndirect

objet îndirect m (plural objets îndirects)


beurres dé chocolat

beurre dé chocolat
beurre dé chocolat#Norman


lis d'Dgèrnésy

lis d'Dgèrnésy m (plural lis d'Dgèrnésy)


ormes Dgèrnésiaises

orme Dgèrnésiaise
orme Dgèrnésiaise#Norman


j'va d'St. George

j'va d'St. George m (plural j'vaux d'St. George)

Psalm 105, v. 34
S'lon sa c'mande, v'là tchi vîndrent les j'vaux d'Saint George, et lus p'tchiots par mouochieaux qu'nou n'pouôrrait pon compter, pouor passecrithe toutes les pliantes d'lus pays, pouor mangi touos les frits d'la tèrre.

great green grasshopper
great green grasshopper


j'vaux d'St. George

j'va d'St. George
j'va d'St. George#Norman


chef dé musique

chef dé musique m (plural chefs dé musique)


cheintuthe dé seûtheté

cheintuthe dé seûtheté f (plural cheintuthes dé seûtheté)


cheintuthes dé seûtheté

cheintuthe dé seûtheté
cheintuthe dé seûtheté#Norman


piègnes à chorchi

piègne à chorchi
piègne à chorchi#Norman


caûff'thie

caûffer (“to heat, warm, warm up”) + -ie


couronnâtion

couronnâtions (plural)
coronâtion (alternative)

couronne (“crown”) + -âtion or from Old French coronacion, borrowed from Late Latin coronatio, coronationem, from Latin corono.


couorône

couorônes (plural)
couoronne (alternative)
couronne (alternative)
couraonne (alternative)

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


amitha

From Old French amirail, amiral (“admiral”).


èrouaïeuréthie

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èrouaïeuréthie f (plural èrouaïeuréthies)


dêsalinnâtion

Borrowed from English desalination, with influence from the native prefix dê- and suffix -âtion.


dêsalinn'nie

desalination plant
desalination plant#English


bolle à satellite

bolle à satellite f (plural bolles à satellite)


bolles à satellite

bolle à satellite
bolle à satellite#Norman


vouêt

From Old French west, from Old English west.


âge mûr

(Jersey) traveller's joy, old man's beard


marmoûset

marmoûsets (plural)
marmoûthet (alternative)
marmuzet (alternative)

Borrowed from French marmouset (“gargoyle; small child”), probably from marmouser (“to mumble”), of imitative origin.


sînge

From Old French singe, from Latin sīmius.


bâron

From Old French baron, from Latin barōnem.


mathais

From Old French mareis (“marsh”), from Frankish *marisk (“marsh, swamp”), from *mari (“lake, sea, moor”), from Proto-Indo-European *mari-, *mori- (“sea”).

un tèrribl'ye dragon tchi d'muethait dans l'Marais d'Saint Louothains

2010, Mêfie-té des Monstres: Tchiques légendes dé Jèrri, Jersey: Le Don Balleine, L'Office du Jèrriais, →ISBN, page 30:

a terrible dragon that lived in the Marsh of Saint Louothains


mèrque d'excliamâtion

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mèrque d'excliamâtion f (plural mèrques d'excliamâtion)


mèrque dé tchestchion

mèrque dé tchestchion f (plural mèrques dé tchestchion)


mèrques dé tchestchion

mèrque dé tchestchion
mèrque dé tchestchion#Norman

plural of mèrque dé tchestchion (“question mark”)


points d'tchestchionn'nie

point d'tchestchionn'nie
point d'tchestchionn'nie#Norman

plural of point d'tchestchionn'nie (“question mark”)


mèrques d'excliamâtion

mèrque d'excliamâtion
mèrque d'excliamâtion#Norman

plural of mèrque d'excliamâtion (“exclamation mark”)


auditeu

Borrowed from Latin audītor (“hearer, auditor”).


filieu

From Old French fillol, filiol, from Latin fīliolus (“young son”).


mixeu d'chînment

mixeu d'chînment m (plural mixeurs d'chînment)


mixeurs d'chînment

mixeu d'chînment
mixeu d'chînment#Norman

plural of mixeu d'chînment (“cement mixer”)


plianneux

plianneurs (plural)
plianneu (alternative)


scann'nie

(Jersey, computing, etc.) scan, scanning


scanneu

scanner (“to scan”) + -eu, calque of English scanner.


scann'nie d'chèrvé

scann'nie d'chèrvé f (plural scann'nies d'chèrvé)


scann'nies d'chèrvé

scann'nie d'chèrvé
scann'nie d'chèrvé#Norman


bâptême

From Old French batesme, bapteme, a semi-learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin baptisma, from Ancient Greek βάπτισμα (báptisma).


bâptistéthe

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin baptistērium, from Ancient Greek βαπτιστήριον (baptistḗrion).

der

βαπτιστήριον


compangnon

(Jersey, nautical) companion ladder, companionway


cybèrespace

cybèr- + espace, a calque of English cyberspace.


crînme

From Old French crimne, borrowed from Latin crīmen.


vîsite

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


vèrsion

From Medieval Latin versiō (“a turning”), from Latin vertō (“to turn”).


côffre

From Old French cofre, from Latin cophinus (“basket”), from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “basket”).


enn'mîn

From Old French enemi, anemi, from earlier inimi, inimic, from Latin inimīcus, from in- (“not”) + amīcus (“friend”).


engîn

From Old French engin, from Latin ingenium.


èrgard

From Old French reguard, from reguarder.


èrfrain

From Old French refraindre (“to break off, repeat”), from Latin re- (“back, again”) + frangō, frangere (“break”).


conmèrce des drogues

drug trafficking
drug trafficking#English


anémône d'la sînmie

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anémône d'la sînmie f (plural anémônes d'la sînmie)


anémônes d'la sînmie

anémône d'la sînmie
anémône d'la sînmie#Norman


armément

From Latin armāmentum, armāmenta (compare French armement).


avèrti

From Old French avertir (“to inform, notify”).


att'lage

att'ler (“to hitch, yoke, harness”) + -age


balle-à-leunettes

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balle-à-leunettes f (plural balles-à-leunettes)


bélengi

bélengièrs (plural)
baloungié (alternative)


bog'se d'êcoute-pathai

bog'se d'êcoute-pathai f (plural bog'ses d'êcoute-pathai)


bog'ses d'êcoute-pathai

bog'se d'êcoute-pathai
bog'se d'êcoute-pathai#Norman


clairète

From Medieval Latin clārātum (compare French clairet), from Latin clārus (“clear”).


bouais d'coing

bouais d'coing m (plural bouais d'coing)


bouochon d'liège

bouochon d'liège m (plural bouochons d'liège)


bouochons d'liège

bouochon d'liège
bouochon d'liège#Norman


bouôillon

From Old French boillir (“to boil”) (compare French bouillon), from Latin bulliō, bullīre.


brébion

Melophagus ovinus
Melophagus ovinus#Translingual


êteurcélet

êteurcélets (plural)
teurcélet (alternative)


êpèrvi

From Old French esprevier, esprever (compare French épervier), from Old Dutch *sparwari (“sparrow-hawk”, literally “sparrow-eagle”), from Proto-Germanic *sparwaraz (“sparrow-hawk”) (from Proto-Indo-European *sper(w)-, *sper(g)- (“sparrow, bird”)) + Proto-Germanic *arô (“eagle”) (from Proto-Indo-European *er- (“eagle, bird”)).


cancèr

Borrowed from Latin cancer (“crab; tumor, cancer; lattice, grid, barrier”).


cârrosse

Compare French carrosse, Italian carrozza.


célériac

Apium graveolens
Apium graveolens#Translingual


célérin

Considered by de Vries to derive from Old Norse síldhering (see síld, síl). Compare French célerin.


chèrfi

From Latin chaerephyllum or caerefolium.


chèrfi doux

Myrrhis odorata
Myrrhis odorata#Translingual


cauchie ès cont'neurs

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cauchie ès cont'neurs f (plural cauchies ès cont'neurs)


rîndelle en fé

rîndelle en fé f (plural rîndelles en fé)


fouôrrage

From Old French fourage, forage (compare French fourrage), a derivative of fuerre (“fodder, straw”), of Germanic origin.


têmoignage

From Old French tesmoignage (compare French témoignage), from tesmoigner (“to witness”).


têmoin

From Old French tesmoin, from Latin testimōnium.


franc-machon

Either a calque of English Freemason, or of French franc-maçon, itself a calque of the English term.


frêlon

From Frankish *hurslo, adapted to *forsleone in the Glosses of Reichenau (compare French frelon).


capeste

Compare French cabestan, English capstan.


cotchîn

From Old French [Term?] (compare French coquin), though ultimate origins are unclear.


chorchéthon

Compare chorchi (“wizard”), chorchiéthe (“witch”).


clobe ès d'sabil'rêsses

clobe ès d'sabil'rêsses m (plural clobes ès d'sabil'rêsses)


cliou d'giroufl'ye

cliou d'giroufl'ye m (plural clious d'giroufl'ye)

clious d'giroufl'ye (plural)
cllaou d'girouflle (alternative)
cllou de girouflle (alternative)


gengivre

Inherited from Old French gengivre, from Late Latin gingiber, from Latin zingiberī.


commeunitchi ès médias

commeunitchi ès médias m (plural commeunitchièrs ès médias)


conmité

From Latin comitātus (“company of soldiers”) (compare French comité, English committee).


conmité d'examinn'nie

conmité d'examinn'nie m (plural conmités d'examinn'nie)


cont'neurisâtion

cont'neurisâtion f (plural cont'neurisâtions)


corps dé garde

corps dé garde m (plural corps dé garde)


tèrrain à camper

tèrrain à camper m (plural tèrrains à camper)


l'vant du solé

l'vant du solé m (plural l'vants du solé)


falaîthe

falaîthes (plural)
falaise (alternative)


dginne sus des preunelles

dginne sus des preunelles m (plural dginnes sus des preunelles)


êglyîthe

êglyîthes (plural)
égllise (alternative)
êglyise (alternative)
eglyiz (alternative)


dauphîn

From Old French daulphin, dalphin, daufin, from Latin delphīnus, from Ancient Greek δελφίν (delphín), a later form of the previous δελφίς (delphís), from δελφύς (delphús, “womb”).


dgiagramme

From Latin diagramma (compare French diagramme), from Ancient Greek διάγραμμα (diágramma).


dictatuthe

Borrowed from Latin dictātūra (“dictatorship, office of a dictator”), from dictō, dictāre (“dictate”).


cotte à couochons

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cotte à couochons f (plural cottes à couochons)


cottes à couochons

cotte à couochons
cotte à couochons#Norman


daûtchet

Sterna hirundo
Sterna hirundo#Translingual


dinnosaure

Borrowed from English dinosaur, from Ancient Greek.


grand-grand-péthe

grand-grand-péthe m (plural grands-grands-péthes)

grand- (“great-”) + grand-péthe (“grandfather”)


grand-papa

grand- (“great-”) + papa (“grandfather”)


gângne-pain

gângni (“to win, earn”) + pain (“bread”)


d'bat

From Old French debatre (“to fight, contend, debate, also literarlly to beat down”) (compare French débattre, débat), from Latin dis- (“apart, in different directions”) + battuō, battuere (“beat, hit, pound, beat up, fight”).


dêmon

From Latin daemon (“lar, genius, guardian spirit”), from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “dispenser, god, protective spirit”).


dégré

From Old French degré, from Latin gradus, with the prefix de-.


dée

From Old French deel, from Vulgar Latin digitāle, from Latin digitālis.


drapé fliantchabl'ye

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drapé fliantchabl'ye m (plural drapieaux fliantchabl'yes)


drapieaux fliantchabl'yes

drapé fliantchabl'ye
drapé fliantchabl'ye#Norman


detteur

From Old French detour, from Latin dēbitor, dēbitōrem.