alouette dé mielle

alouette dé mielle f (plural alouettes dé mielle)

Anthus pratensis
Anthus pratensis#Translingual

(Jersey) meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis)


p'tite alouette

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p'tite alouette f (plural p'tites alouettes)


alouette dé banque

alouette dé banque f (plural alouettes dé banque)


alouette dé grève

alouette dé grève f (plural alouettes dé grève)


alouette dé rotchi

alouette dé rotchi f (plural alouettes dé rotchi)


rotchi

rotchièrs (plural)
rotcher (alternative)
rotchet (alternative)

From Old Northern French rocquier (compare Old French rochier, modern French rocher).


gardîn à flieurs

gardîn à flieurs m (plural gardîns à flieurs)


gardîn à lédgeunmes

gardîn à lédgeunmes m (plural gardîns à lédgeunmes)


flieur

flieurs (plural)
flleur (alternative Guernsey)

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


flieur au veuvyi

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flieur au veuvyi f (plural flieurs au veuvyi)


lédgeunme

lédgeunmes (plural)
légùeume (alternative)
legeume (alternative)
légeume (alternative)

From Latin legūmen (compare French légume).


ântchie

ântchies (plural)
entchaeure (alternative)


oeu

From Old French oef, from Latin ōvum, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.


danme dé tchoeu

danme dé tchoeu f (plural danmes dé tchoeu)


biéthe

biéthes (plural)
byire (alternative)
bire (alternative)

From Old French biere, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą.


danme

From Old French dame (“woman”), from Late Latin domna, shortened variant of Latin domina (“mistress of the house”), from domus (“house”), from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm, from root *dem- (“to build”).


soudard

From Old French souldart. Compare Walloon sôdård.


sîmpl'ye soudard

sîmpl'ye soudard m (plural sîmpl'yes soudards)


péthe

péthes (plural)
père (alternative)
pére (alternative)

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


fréthe

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


soeu

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


pathent

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


marté

From Old French martel, from Late Latin martellus, diminutive of martulus, variant of Latin marculus.

Sylvia atricapilla
Sylvia atricapilla#Translingual

Muscicapa striata
Muscicapa striata#Translingual

(Jersey) spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)


marté à deux mains

marté à deux mains m (plural martchieaux à deux mains)


Mardi

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


marté à pattes

marté à pattes m (plural martchieaux à deux pattes)


partèrre d'hèrbe

partèrre d'hèrbe m (plural partèrres d'hèrbe)


hèrbe

From Old French erbe, from Latin herba, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow, be green”).

hèrbe à véthues

greater celandine; petty spurge; sun spurge


cracot

Alternative form of crachet (“channelled wrack; egg wrack, knotted wrack”)


crachet

cracot (alternative)
crochet (alternative)

Pelvetia canaliculata
Pelvetia canaliculata#Translingual

(Jersey) channelled wrack (Pelvetia canaliculata)

Ascophyllum nodosum
Ascophyllum nodosum#Translingual

(Jersey) egg wrack, knotted wrack (Ascophyllum nodosum)


bouaisson

From Old French boisson, from Late Latin bibitiōnem, from Latin bibitus (“drunk”).


ouongnon

ouongnons (plural)
ouagniaon (alternative)

From Old French oingnun, from Latin ūniō, ūniōnem.

trêfl'ye à ouognons

large-flowered pink-sorrel; Mexican oxalis; four-leaf sorrel, four-leaf pink sorrel, four-leaved oxalis


chaûdé

(Jersey) chaûdé, a hot drink made of cider, milk, and eggs


tchèrbon

From Old French charbon, from Latin carbō, carbōnem (“charcoal, coal”).


vraicque

Alternative form of vrai (“seaweed, vraic, wrack”)


vré

Alternative form of vrai (“seaweed, vraic”)


vrégeais

brêgeais (alternative)
brîngeais (alternative)

Fucus vesiculosus
Fucus vesiculosus#Translingual

(Jersey) bladder wrack (Fucus vesiculosus)

Fucus serratus
Fucus serratus#Translingual

(Jersey) toothed wrack, serrated wrack (Fucus serratus)


poltron

Borrowed from French poltron (“coward”), from Italian poltrone (“sluggard”).


ouaie

ouaies (plural)
ouaïe (alternative)
ouée (alternative)

From Old French oie, oe, oue, from Vulgar Latin auca, contraction of *avica, from Latin avis (“bird”).


heuthe

heuthes (plural)
heure (alternative)
houre (alternative)
haeure (alternative)

From Old French ore, eure, from Latin hōra (“hour”), from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “time, season, year”).

uder

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


saûveux

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saûveux m (plural saûveurs, feminine saûveuse)

(Jersey) saver (someone or something who saves)


saûveux d'êcran

saûveux d'êcran m (plural saûveux d'êcran)


êcran

(Jersey, film, television, computing) screen


tchian

tchian m (plural tchians, feminine tchianne)

tchians (plural)
tchianne (feminine)
qùyin (alternative)
tchen (alternative)
t'chen (alternative)
kyã (alternative)

From Old French chien, from Latin canis, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwn-i-, derived from *ḱwṓ (“dog”).

Les p'tits tchiens ont de longues coues.

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

La bête qui vit était daeux caoups aussi grànd qué lé pus grand tchen.

2006, Marie de Garis, “Enne p'tite ôlure”, in P'tites Lures Guernésiaises, Cromwell Press, published 2006, page 22:

The beast he saw was twice as big as the biggest dog.

Lè dangier dans les rues est terriblle, atou les motos, les ‘bikes’ et les t'chens.

2006, TA Grut, “Les T'chens”, in P'tites Lures Guernésiaises, Cromwell Press, published 2006, page 58:

The danger in the streets is terrible, with all the motorbikes, the bikes and the dogs.


littéthatuthe

From Latin litterātūra (compare French littérature).


machacre

From Old French macacre, macecle (“slaughterhouse, butchery”), from Medieval Latin mazacrium (“massacre, slaughter, killing; the head of a newly killed stag”), from Middle Low German *matskelen (“to massacre”), frequentative of matsken, matzgen (“to cut, hew”), from Proto-Germanic *maitaną (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *mei- (“small”).


mathiage

From Old French mariage, from marier (“to marry”).


mouaine

From Old French monie, from Late Latin monicus, variant of monachus. Compare French moine.

(Jersey) monkfish (Rhina squatina, Squatina squatina)


clié

From Old French clef, from Latin clāvis.


bieauté

From Old French biauté, from Vulgar Latin *bellitātem (“beauty”), from Latin bellus (“beautiful, fair”).


bathi

From Old French baril (“barrel”), of uncertain origin.


brînge à dents

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brînge à dents f (plural brînges à dents)


brînge à g'veux

brînge à g'veux f (plural brînges à g'veux)


copeux dé g'veux

copeux dé g'veux m (plural copeux dé g'veux)


êtrangi

From Old French estrange and estranger (“foreign”), both from Latin extraneus. More at English strange, extraneous.


idgiot

From Old French idiote, from Latin idiota, from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “a private citizen, one who has no professional knowledge, layman”).


pouque

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

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

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

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

(Guernsey) traditionally, one of the little people, an impish character


aubèrge

Ultimately from Old Occitan alberge (“camp, hut”), derived from albergar (“to host”), from Frankish *harjabergu.


pèrruque

Borrowed from French perruque (compare Italian parrucca).

V'là une fière perruque à débouquèr!

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

(Jersey, nautical) mizzen topgallant sail


douoche

Pholis gunnellus
Wikispecies:Pholis gunnellus


ieau douoche

ieaux douoches (plural)
iaoue douce (alternative)


ieau

ieaux (plural)
iâo (alternative)
iaoue (alternative Guernsey)
yo (alternative Sark)

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


g'nou

g'noux (plural)
genou (alternative Jersey)
genouaï (alternative Guernsey)
jnu (alternative Sark)

From the plural of Old French genoil, from Late Latin genuculum, alteration of Latin geniculum, diminutive of genū (“knee”).


puche

From an Old Northern French variant of Old French puce (“flea”), pulce, from Latin pūlex, pūlicem.

Ch'est une pouquie de puches.

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


notabl'ye

From Latin notābilis (“notable, remarkable, extraordinary, memorable”).


royne

roynes (plural)
ranne (alternative)
reine (alternative)

From Old French royne, reine, from Latin rēgīna.


vaîsîn

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vaîsîn m (plural vaîsîns, feminine vaîsinne)

vaîsîns (plural)
vaîsinne (feminine)
veisin (alternative)

From Old French veisin, from Late Latin vēcīnus, from Latin vīcīnus.


couôsîn

couôsîn m (plural couôsîns, feminine couôsinne)

couôsîns (plural)
couôsinne (feminine)
couôthîn (alternative)
cousin (alternative)

From Old French cosin, from Latin cōnsobrīnus.


pêque

Related to pêtchi. Compare French pêche.


méquerdi

méquerdis (plural)
Mêcrédi (alternative)
mercrédi (alternative)
Mekrëdi (alternative)

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


pourmenade

From Old French pourmenade (whence modern French promenade).


naom

From Old French nom, from Latin nōmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Tchi qu’est vote naom?


barbelotte

(Guernsey) female equivalent of barbelot


barbelot

barbelot m (plural barbelots, feminine barbelotte)

barbelots (plural)
barbelotte (feminine)


cousaine

cousaines (plural)
couôsinne (alternative)
couôthinne (alternative)


tchian d'berger

tchian d'berger m (plural tchians d'berger)


neuches

From an Old Northern French variant of Old French noce, noces, from Vulgar Latin *noptiās, an alteration of Latin nuptiās, from nupta (“bride, wife”), perfect participle of nūbō, nūbere (“marry, wed”), from Proto-Indo-European *snewbʰo- (“to marry, to wed”). Compare French noces.

der

neuche (alternative)
neauche (alternative Sark)
nöch (alternative Sark)


pâre

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

Ch'est une autre pâre de cauches.

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


iaoue

iaoux (plural)
iâo (alternative)
ieau (alternative Jersey)
yo (alternative Sark)

Il est niais coume Dadais qui se couachait dans l'iaue d'paeur d'être mouailli.

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

He is as foolish as Dadais who lay down in the water to avoid getting wet in a shower.


ormèr

Variant of French ormier, contraction of oreille-de-mer, from Late Latin *auris maris (“ear of the sea”), from Latin auris (“ear”) + mare (“sea”).


dictiounnaire

dictiounnaires (plural)
dictionnaithe (alternative Jersey)


frâse

From Latin frāga, neuter plural of frāgum.


qu'minse

qu'minses (plural)
c'mînse (alternative)

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

Il y a terjoûs quiqu'ùn qui a sa qu'minse à sequier.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 541:

There is always some one wanting to dry his shirt.


sabllaon

sabllaons (plural)
sablloun (alternative)
sablion (alternative)
sabyõ (alternative)

From Old French sablon, sablun, from Late Latin sablō, sablōnem, from Latin sabulō, sabulōnem (“coarse sand, gravel”).


êglyise

êglyises (plural)
égllise (alternative)
éghise (alternative)
êglyîthe (alternative)
eglyiz (alternative)

From Old French eglise, esglise, from Vulgar Latin *eclesia, from Ecclesiastical Latin ecclēsia, from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía, “gathering”).


tchulyi

From Latin cochlearium (“spoon”), from cochlear (“spoon”), from cochlea (“snail”).


tchulyi en bouais

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tchulyi en bouais f (plural tchulièrs en bouais)


tchulyi à thée

tchulyi à thée f (plural tchulièrs à thée)


tchulyi à soupe

tchulyi à soupe f (plural tchulièrs à soupe)


tchulyi à dêssèrt

tchulyi à dêssèrt f (plural tchulièrs à dêssèrt)


tchuîsinne

tchuîsinnes (plural)
tchuusène (alternative)

From an Old Northern French [Term?] variant of Old French cuisine, from Late Latin cocīna, from earlier coquīna, ultimately from Latin coquō (“cook”, verb), from Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- (“to cook, become ripe”). Compare French cuisine.


aigl'ye

From Old French aigle, taken from Latin aquila.


aiglle

aiglles (plural)
aigl'ye (alternative Jersey)

From Old French aigle, from Latin aquila.


ouésé

ouésiâos (plural)
ouaîsé (alternative)
ouaîthé (alternative)
weze (alternative)

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


animâ

From Old French animal, borrowed from Latin animal.


baête

baêtes (plural)
bête (alternative)
beet (alternative)

From Old French beste, from Latin bēstia.


annima

From Old French animal, from Latin animal.


peissoun

peissouns (plural)
païssaon (alternative Guernsey)
paîsson (alternative Jersey)

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


caûvette dé cliochi

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caûvette dé cliochi f (plural caûvettes dé cliochi)


caûvette

(Jersey) red-billed chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax


p'tite caûvette

p'tite caûvette f (plural p'tites caûvettes)


cahouette

cahouettes (plural)
cahuhette (alternative)


corbîn

corbîns (plural)
corbin (alternative Guernsey)


corbin

corbins (plural)
corbîn (alternative Jersey)


cahuhette

cahuhettes (plural)
cahouette (alternative)


chàmbre

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


chàmbre dé d'vànt

chàmbre dé d'vànt f (plural chàmbres dé d'vànt)


gniet

gniets (plural)
nyit (alternative)
niet (alternative)
gniaette (alternative)

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


poume d'oraunge

poume d'oraunge f (plural poumes d'oraunge)


poume

poumes (plural)
paomme (alternative Guernsey)
pomme (alternative Jersey)
poumme (alternative Jersey)
pum (alternative Sark)

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


pommyi

pommièrs (plural)
poummyi (alternative)
poumyi (alternative)
poummier (alternative)
pumi (alternative)

Malus domestica
Malus domestica#Translingual


onnaïe

onnaïes (plural)
annaée (alternative)
année (alternative Jersey Sark)

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

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

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

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


annaée

annaées (plural)
année (alternative Jersey Sark)
onnaïe (alternative Guernsey)


pâraîsse

From Old French paroisse, from Late Latin parochia, from Ancient Greek παροικία (paroikía, “a dwelling abroad”), from πάροικος (pároikos, “neighboring, foreigner”), from παρά (pará, “beside”) + οἶκος (oîkos, “house”).

uder

(Jersey, Christianity, civil administration) parish


œu

From Old French oef, from Latin ōvum, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.


iâo

iâos (plural)
iaoue (alternative Guernsey)
ieau (alternative Jersey)
yo (alternative Sark)

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


litchide

From Old French liquide, from Latin liquidus (“fluid, liquid, moist”), from liqueō, liquēre (“be liquid, be fluid”).


agritchultuthe

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agritchultuthe f (plural agritchultuthes)

agritchultuthes (plural)
agritchulteure (alternative)

Borrowed from Latin agricultūra, from ager (“field”) + cultūra (“cultivation”).


Chrêtchienneté

From Old French crestiente (compare French chrétienté (“Christendom”)), from Medieval Latin Christiānitās, from Latin Christiānus.


Chrêtchien

Chrêtchien m (plural Chrêtchiens, feminine Chrêtchienne)

Chrêtchiens (plural)
Chrêtchienne (feminine)

From Latin Christiānus (“Christian”), from Christus (“Christ”).


r'ligion

r'ligions (plural)
èrligion (alternative)

From Old French religion, from Latin religiō.


fomille

fomilles (plural)
famîle (alternative)
famille (alternative Guernsey)
family (alternative Sark)
fanmil'ye (alternative Jersey)


famîle

famîles (plural)
fanmil'ye (alternative Jersey)
fomille (alternative Guernsey)
famille (alternative Guernsey)
family (alternative Sark)


fanmil'ye

fanmil'yes (plural)
famîle (alternative)
fomille (alternative Guernsey)
famille (alternative Guernsey)
family (alternative Sark)


pllache

pllaches (plural)
plache (alternative)
pliaiche (alternative)
piaeche (alternative)

From Old Northern French plache (compare Old French place).


expressionnisme

expressionnisme m (plural expressionnismes)


expressionniste

expressionniste m or f (plural expressionnistes)


paomme

paommes (plural)
pomme (alternative Jersey)
poumme (alternative Jersey)
poume (alternative)
pum (alternative Sark)

From Old French pome, from Latin pōma, plural of pōmum (“fruit”).


câté

From Old Northern French castel, northern variant of Old French chastel, from Latin castellum.


pônais

pônais (plural)
pânais (alternative)
paunais (alternative)
pânnais (alternative Jersey)

From Old French pasnaie, from Latin pastinaca (“parsnip, carrot”), from pastinum (“two-pronged fork”); related to pastinare (“to dig up the ground”).

V'là not bouan vier ami Pierre, / A serellaïr dans ses pânais […].

There's our good old friend Peter, weeding his parsnips.

A p'tit pourche grosse pânais.

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

Quand nous vait les belles paunais et les manifique carottes.

2006, Peggy Collenette, “Au shaoux du Vouest”, in P'tites Lures Guernésiaises, Cromwell Press, published 2006, page 16:

Look at the beautiful parsnips and the magnificent carrots.


égllise

égllises (plural)
éghise (alternative)
êglyise (alternative)
êglyîthe (alternative)
eglyiz (alternative)

From Old French eglise, from Latin ecclēsia, from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía, “gathering”).

der

D'l'égllise, ùn sèr, nou-z en r'venànt, / Chacùn souriait, parlafràndine [...].

1883, George Métivier, ‘L'Nèr Cotillon d'Mussieu l'Curaï’, Patois Poems of the Channel Islands:

One evening we were coming home from church, everyone smiling and happy.

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

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

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

Ch'tait tànt mux qu'a counnissait son ch'min, pasqué oprès qu'all'avait passaïr l’éghise et rentrï dans les p'tites rues pour ciz ielle, a'n veyait goute.

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

It was just as well that she knew her way, because after she had passed the church and entered the narrow lanes to her house, she couldn't see a thing.


croués

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

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


cruchefis

cruchefis (plural)
crucifix (alternative)


desmanche

Tous les desmanches, en sortànt d'l'éghise les v'là, bras-d'sus, bras-sous, à faire aen p'tit tour.

2006, Marie de Garis, “Enne p'tite sornaette”, in P'tites Lures Guernésiaises, Cromwell Press, published 2006, page 26:

Every Sunday, on coming out of the church, there they were, arm in arm, off on a little walk.

Alternative form of Dînmanche (“Sunday”)


Dînmanche

Dînmanches (plural)
daimanche (alternative Guernsey)
dêmanche (alternative Guernsey)
desmanche (alternative Guernsey)
dinmanche (alternative Guernsey)
dîmmaunche (alternative)
dinmaunche (alternative)

From Old French diemenche, from Late Latin diēs Dominicus (literally “day of the Lord”).


fielle

fielles (plural)
fuule (alternative)
fieille (alternative)
fiëly (alternative)

From Old French fueille, from Late Latin folia, originally the plural of Latin folium.


hivaer

Quànd Mars durerait chent àns l'hiver durerait autànt.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 531:

If March were to last for a hundred years, winter would last as long.

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 ()


hivé

From Old French iver, from Late Latin hībernum.


Noué

From Old French Noel, from Latin natālis.

A Noué à ses perrons, à Pâques à ses tisons.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 532:

If at Christmas you can sit at your doorstep, at Easter you will be glad to sit by your fire.

‘Ah, ch'est les bas jours d'vànt noué,’ dis la Rachael […].

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

‘Ah, it's the dismal days before Christmas,’ said Rachel […] .


ouagniaon

ouagniaons (plural)
ouongnon (alternative)

From Old French oingnun, from Latin ūniō, ūnionem.


ouaïe

ouaïes (plural)
ouaie (alternative)
ouée (alternative)

From Old French oie, oe, oue, from Vulgar Latin auca, contraction of *avica, from Latin avis (“bird”).


pêle

From Latin patella, a diminutive form of patina (“a broad shallow dish, pan”).


Améthitchain

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Améthitchain m (plural Améthitchains, feminine Améthitchaine)

Améthitchains (plural)
Améthitchaine (feminine)

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United States of America

(Jersey) American; someone born in, or a citizen or inhabitant of, the United States of America


baec

From Latin beccus, from Gaulish *beccos.


bésouogn

Etymology tree
Frankish *bisunnijabor.
Vulgar Latin *bisonium
Old French besoing
Norman bésouogn
Inherited from Old French besoing, from Vulgar Latin *bisonium, borrowed from Frankish *bisunnija.


saûciche

saûciches (plural)
sâociche (alternative)
sauchisse (alternative)
sosich (alternative)

From Old French saussiche, from Late Latin [farta] salsīcia, ultimately from Latin sāl (“salt”).


sauchisse

sauchisses (plural)
sâociche (alternative)
saûciche (alternative)
sosich (alternative)

From Old French salchice, from Late Latin [farta] salsīcia, ultimately from Latin sāl (“salt”).


sâociche

sâociches (plural)
sauchisse (alternative)
saûciche (alternative)
sosich (alternative)


boeu

boeux (plural)
bœu (alternative)
böf (alternative)

From Old French buef, boef (“ox”), from Latin bōs (“ox”).


touoré

touorés (plural)
touothé (alternative)
touathé (alternative)
tuore (alternative)

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

Mars qui entre coume ùn agné sortira coume ùn touaré.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, pages 531-32:

March that enters like a lamb will leave like a bull.


touothé

touothieaux (plural)
touathé (alternative)
touoré (alternative)
tuore (alternative)


bœu

bœus (plural)
boeu (alternative)
böf (alternative)

A quànd le bœuf est las, le bar est gras.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, pages 538-39:

When the ox is weary, the bass is in good condition.


qùérue

qùérues (plural)
tchérue (alternative)
tchéthue (alternative)
kyerüü (alternative)

From an Old Northern French variant of Old French, from Latin carrūca (“Gaulish cart”), from carrus, from Gaulish *karros. Compare French charrue.


tchérue

tchérues (plural)
qùérue (alternative)
tchéthue (alternative)
kyerüü (alternative)

From Old French, from Latin carrūca (“Gaulish cart”), from carrus, from Gaulish *karros. Compare French charrue.


tchéthue

tchéthues (plural)
qùérue (alternative)
tchérue (alternative)
kyerüü (alternative)


cauchie

From Anglo-Norman/Old Northern French chaucee, caucie et al., from Late Latin calceāta or *calciāta, either from calceō/calciō (“stamp on, tread”), from Latin calx (“heel”), or from a derivative of calx (“limestone”). Compare French chaussée, English causeway.


faume

faumes (plural)
fâme (alternative)
faumme (alternative)
femme (alternative)
foume (alternative)
fenme (alternative)

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

inh

Mess Gaudiaon et sa faume la Sophie decidirent qui voulais allai au shaoux du Vouest.

2006, Peggy Collenette, “Au shaoux du Vouest”, in P'tites Lures Guernésiaises, Cromwell Press, page 16:

Mr Gaudion and his wife Sophie decided that they wanted to go to the West Show.

V'là les daeux faummes à palaïr atour les r'v'énànts et toutes sortes dé sorcheul'rie et ditaï tché, en buvànt leurs thée.

There were the two women talking about ghosts and all sorts of witchcraft and such things while drinking their tea.


haomme

haommes (plural)
houme (alternative)
homme (alternative)
houmme (alternative)

From Old French hom, from Latin homō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰm̥mō (“earthling”).

Y avait enn'affaire qui troubllait Mess Gaudiaon chaque pas qui faisais; y avait en haomme qu'etait a les siere, et ecoutait shu qui s'ente disais.

There was one thing which bothered Mr Gaudion each step that he took; there was a man who was following them and listening to what they said to each other.

‘Eibram, méfie-té,’ s'écriyit la Judie, effraie pour s'n haomme.

2006, Marie de Garis, “Enne p'tite ôlure”, in P'tites Lures Guernésiaises, Cromwell Press, page 26:

‘Abraham, be careful,’ cried Judy, afraid for her husband.


arlevaie

(Guernsey) Alternative spelling of arlevaïe


naïz

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

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

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


douzôine

Eibram a la douzôine à ces sé.


praï

praïs (plural)
pré (alternative)
pret (alternative)

Et l'vier boeu', fier d'être sàns joug ou bougue, / Cuche avau l'praï [...].

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

And the old ox, happy to be free of yoke and harness, runs to the meadow.

I v'nait d'mé téléphonaïr qu'a s'était défitchie d'sa terraïe dans lé praï et si j'y aigu'rais à la trachier.

2006, Marie de Garis, “Enne p'tite ôlure”, in P'tites Lures Guernésiaises, Cromwell Press, published 2006, page 26:

He has just telephoned me to say that she has broken loose from where she was grazing in the meadow and would I help him look for her.


couplle

couplles (plural)
coupl'ye (alternative)

From Old French couple, from Latin cōpula.

I faisaient aen biau p'tit couplle.


clloque

clloques (plural)
klliôque (alternative)

Un matin coum j'etais au Marchi dans le skweeze, / J'ouï la klliôque, qui sounait coum si ch'tait pour l'Eglise [...].

1883, James Tupper, ‘L'Assembllaie de Paresse’, Patois Poems of the Channel Islands:

One morning when I was at market in the crowd, I heard the bell ringing as though for church.

Et à Pâques y'avait des grànds neuches à l'éghise, dauve le chant et les clloques qui tinçardais bouan frais à quànd i'sortaient dé la porte dé l'éghise.

2006, Marie de Garis, “Enne p'tite sornaette”, in P'tites Lures Guernésiaises, Cromwell Press, published 2006, page 28:

And at Easter there was a great wedding at the church, with the choir and the bells ringing out heartily when they came out of the church door.


douzinier

J'cré qu'en haomme comme li, qu'est bian counnaeux et respectaï, et aen douzinier décaoute, érai enne bouanne chànce d'ête élu.

2006, Marie de Garis, “La Julie et la Princesse”, in P'tites Lures Guernésiaises, Cromwell Press, published 2006, page 30:

I think that a man like him, who is well known and respected, and a douzenier as well, would have a good chance of being elected.


lliet

lliets (plural)
llit (alternative)
lit (alternative)
llet (alternative)
liet (alternative Jersey)
lyet (alternative Sark)

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

L'Eibram s'assievi drat dans l'lliet.


sôler

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.

Mais quànd i vit les sôlers, i die, ‘Absolument, tu t'en va pas t'mourtaï atour des sôlers d'mesme!’

2006, Marie de Garis, “La Julie et la Princesse”, in P'tites Lures Guernésiaises, Cromwell Press, published 2006, page 32:

But when he saw the shoes, he said, ‘Surely you're not going to show yourself in shoes like that!’


terpid

From Latin tripēs, tripedis. Cognate to French trépied.


c'menchement

From Old French comencement, from cumencer (“to start, begin”).


tcharpet

From Old French carpite, from Medieval Latin carpita, the past participle of carpō, carpere (“pluck”).


v'lous

From Old French veluotte, from Latin villus (“tuft, down”).

Orguillaeux coume ùn pouâis sûs v'louss.

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


douit

From Anglo-Norman duit, from Old French duit, from Latin ductum.

(Guernsey) water-course, stream; drinking trough


persent

persents (plural)
présent (alternative Jersey)


douët

From Old French duit, from Latin ductum.


campangne

From Old Northern French campaigne (compare Old French champaigne, champagne), from Late Latin campānia, from campānus, from Latin campus.

(Jersey, geography) country (the country, rural area, as opposed to the town or city)


viànde

viàndes (plural)
viande (alternative)
vyãd (alternative)

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


chaose

From Old French chose, from Latin causa.


aonclle

aonclles (plural)
oncl'ye (alternative Jersey)

From Old French oncle, from Vulgar Latin *(av)unclus, from Latin avunculus.


libératiaon

libératiaons (plural)
libéthâtion (alternative)


arlevaïe

arlevaïes (plural)
arlevaie (alternative)
r’levaïe (alternative)

V’la enne belle arlevaie.

2006, Peggy Collenette, “Au shaoux du Vouest”, in P’tites Lures Guernésiaises, Cromwell Press, published 2006, page 16:

Enne arlevaïe la Judie décidi d’allaïr r’viraïr ciz la Rachael.

2006, Marie de Garis, “Enne p’tite ôlure”, in P’tites Lures Guernésiaises, Cromwell Press, published 2006, page 22:

One afternoon Judy decided to pay a visit to Rachel.


ch'fa

ch'faux (plural)
queva (alternative)
chéva (alternative)
j'va (alternative)
ch'va (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”)).


qùeva

qùevâos (plural)
chéva (alternative)
j'va (alternative)
ch'fa (alternative)
ch'va (alternative)

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


fuule

fuules (plural)
fieille (alternative)
fielle (alternative)
fiëly (alternative)

From Old French fueille, from Late Latin folia, originally the plural of Latin folium.


lumyire

lumyires (plural)
leunmiéthe (alternative)
lümyir (alternative)


leunmiéthe

From Medieval Latin lūmināria, neuter plural of lūmināre (“star”), ultimately from Classical Latin lūmen (“light”).

lumyire (alternative)
lümyir (alternative)


cŷngne

From Latin cygnus (“swan”); compare French cygne.


cŷngne sauvage

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rouoge-gorge

rouoges-gorges (plural)
rouge-gorge (alternative)

Erithacus rubecula
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(Jersey) European robin (Erithacus rubecula)


châté

From Old French chastel, from Latin castellum.


crînminnel

crînminnel m (plural crînminnels, feminine crînminnelle)

crînminnels (plural)
crînminnelle (feminine)

From Old French criminal, from Late Latin crīminālis, from Latin crīmen (“crime”).


leçaon

Borrowed from French leçon, from Latin lēctiō, lēctiōnem.


légeume

légeumes (plural)
légùeume (alternative)
lédgeunme (alternative)
legeume (alternative)

From Latin legūmen (compare French légume).

Mess Gaudiaon voulait vais les legeumes, parce qui l'tait raide interessi la dans.

2006, Peggy Collenette, “Au shaoux du Vouest”, in P'tites Lures Guernésiaises, Cromwell Press, published 2006, page 16:

Mr Gaudion wanted to see the vegetables because he was very interested in them.


maisaon

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


païssaon

païssaons (plural)
paîsson (alternative Jersey)
peissoun (alternative)

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

Les grànds païssaons mangent les p'tits.


flleur

flleurs (plural)
flieur (alternative Jersey)
flieu (alternative Jersey)

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

der

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

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

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


faumme

faummes (plural)
fâme (alternative)
faume (alternative)
femme (alternative)
foume (alternative)
fenme (alternative)

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


f'nête

From Old French fenestre, from Latin fenestra.


jour de naissànse

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jour de naissànse m (plural jours de naissànse)


naissànse

From Latin nāscentia, from nāscēns (“being born”), present active participle of nāscor (“I am born”).


haeure

haeures (plural)
heure (alternative)
houre (alternative)
heuthe (alternative)

From Old French ore, eure, from Latin hōra (“hour”), from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “time, season, year”).


bouais

Inherited from Old French bois, from Early Medieval Latin boscus, borrowed from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.

etymon

I' n'y a bouais dont nou n'fait buche.

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

There is no wood but what will serve for firing.


chendre

From an Old Northern French variant of Old French cendre (compare French cendre), from Latin cinis, cinerem, from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“dust, ashes”).


chucre

From Old French çucre; see there for more.


charitaïe

From Old French charité, from Latin cāritās.


ch'min

From Old French chemin, from Vulgar Latin cammīnus (“way”), from Gaulish [Term?].

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

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

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


crabbe

crabbes (plural)
crabe (alternative Jersey)


cllôture d'bouais

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cllôture d'bouais f (plural cllôtures d'bouais)


choïne

From Old French chaeine, from Latin catēna, from Proto-Indo-European *kat- (“to link or weave together; chain, net”).


cliochi

Compare French clocher. Related to clioche (“bell”).


banc d'sablion

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banc d'sablion m (plural bancs d'sablion)


sablion

sablions (plural)
sablloun (alternative)
sabllaon (alternative)
sabyõ (alternative)

From Old French sablon, sablun, from Late Latin sablō, sablōnem, from Latin sabulō, sabulōnem (“coarse sand, gravel”).


cârré

From Latin quadrātus, perfect passive participle of quadrō, quadrāre (“make square”).


êcarlate

From Old French escarlate (“scarlet cloth”).


rotchet

rotchets (plural)
rotchi (alternative)
rotcher (alternative)

From Old Northern French rocquier (compare Old French rochier, modern French rocher).


chànge

From Old French change, from Gaulish cambion, *kambyom (“change”), from Proto-Celtic *kambos (“twisted, crooked”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱambos, *(s)kambos (“crooked”).


couraonne

couraonnes (plural)
couorône (alternative)
couoronne (alternative)
couronne (alternative)

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


djère

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


faeu

faeux (plural)
feu (alternative)
fawu (alternative)

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

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

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

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


fllie

Vent d'amont ôve pllie, ne vaut pas un fllie.

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

An east wind with rain is not worth a limpet.


fossaï

Ch'n'est pas les ciens qui labourent le pûs près du fossaï qui sont les pûs riches.

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

It is not they who plough nearest the hedge who are the richest.


galaette

galaettes (plural)
galette (alternative Jersey)


souongneux

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souongneux m (plural souongneurs, feminine souongneuse)

souongneurs (plural)
souongneuse (feminine)


pièrcheux

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

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

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


Chrêtchienne

Chrêtchienne f (plural Chrêtchiennes, masculine Chrêtchien)

Chrêtchiennes (plural)
Chrêtchien (masculine)


raichinne

raichinnes (plural)
réchinne (alternative)

From Old French, from Late Latin rādīcīna (“root”), from Latin rādīx, rādīcis (“root”), from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds.


êcole

From Old French escole, from Vulgar Latin *iscola, from Classical Latin schola.


taompette

taompettes (plural)
tempaête (alternative)
tempête (alternative)

From Old French tempeste, from Latin tempesta.


tchèrpentchi

From Old Northern French carpentier, from Late Latin carpentārius (“carpenter”), from Latin carpentārius (“wagon-maker, carriage-maker”), from carpentum (“a two-wheeled carriage, coach, or chariot, a cart”), probably of Gaulish [Term?] origin.

inh

À tchèrpentchi tout l'monde dolent.

Every carpenter thinks he's the best craftsman.


êga

From Old French igal, remade from the popular inherited forms uel, evel, oel, ivel, based on their original etymology, Latin aequālis.


divèrs

From Latin dīversus (“opposite; separate, apart; diverse, different; hostile”).


rédgulyi

From Latin rēgulāris (“continuing rules for guidance”), from rēgula (“rule”).


fèrme

From Old French ferme (“lease for working, rent, farm”), from Medieval Latin ferma, firma (“rent, tax, tribute, farm”), from Old English feorm (“rent, provision, supplies, feast”), from Proto-Germanic *firmō, *firhuma- (“means of living, subsistence”), from *firhu- (“life force, body, being”), from Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- (“life, force, strength, tree”).


erchéyant

erchéyants (plural)
ertchéyànt (alternative)


étaï

étaïs (plural)
étaé (alternative)
éto (alternative)
êté (alternative)

From Old French esté, from Latin aestās, aestātem.


r'pas

From Old French repast, from the verb repaistre (“to eat”).


qualitaï

From Old French qualité, from Latin quālitas, quālitātem.


saembole

saemboles (plural)
sŷmbole (alternative)

From Latin symbolus, symbolum, from Ancient Greek σύμβολον (súmbolon).


pliat

From Old French, from Vulgar Latin *plattus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “broad, flat”).


rousseau

Borrowed from French rousseau (“redhead”).


étourné

From Old French esturnel, from Late Latin sturnellus, from Latin sturnus, from Proto-Indo-European *storo (“starling”).


graïve

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


maoue

maoues (plural)
mâove (alternative)
mauve (alternative)

From Old French mave (“mew”), from Old English mǣw (“mew, seagull”), from Proto-Germanic *maihwaz, *maiwaz (“seagull”).


mouissaon

mouissaons (plural)
mouisson (alternative)

Tous les mouissons sous l's-ormes du ménâge / Li font la fête auve un chànt sans pareil […].

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

Un mouisson à la main vaut mûx que daeux qui volent.

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

A bird in the hand is worth two on the wing.


nouaix

From Old French nois, from Latin nux, nucem, from Proto-Indo-European *knew-.


pllie

From Old French pluie, from Vulgar Latin *ploia < *plovia, from Classical Latin pluvia.

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

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


saisaon

saisaons (plural)
saîson (alternative)
sezõõ (alternative)

From Old French seson, seison (“time of sowing, seeding”), from Latin satiōnem, accusative of satiō (“act of sowing, planting”) from satum, past participle of serō (“I sow, plant”) from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow, plant”).


souoris

From Latin sorex, soricis (“shrew, shrewmouse”).

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

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

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


gouvèrneux-général

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gouvèrneux-général m (plural gouvèrneux-généraux)


boête à lettres

boête à lettres f (plural boêtes à lettres)


boête

From Late Latin buxida, late form of Latin pyxis, pyxidem, from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís, “box”).


andgulle

andgulles (plural)
aungùule (alternative)
angulle (alternative)


andgulle d'ieau douoche

andgulle d'ieau douoche f (plural andgulles d'ieau douoche)

andgulles d'ieau douoche (plural)
angulle d'iaoux douce (alternative)


bourse au dgiâbl'ye

bourse au dgiâbl'ye f (plural bourses au dgiâbl'ye)


chiviéthe à bras

chiviéthe à bras f (plural chiviéthes à bras)

(Jersey) mermaid's purse (egg case of a skate, shark, or ratfish)


dgiâbl'ye

dgiâbl'yes (plural)
diablle (alternative)

From Old French diable, deable, a semi-learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin or Late Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos).


coque à j'vaux

coque à j'vaux f (plural coques à j'vaux)


v'lique suaïse

v'lique suaïse f (plural v'liques suaïses)


carte d'Valentinne

carte d'Valentinne f (plural cartes d'Valentinne)


valentinne

female equivalent of valentîn (“(male) valentine”)

(Jersey) female valentine (the object of one's affections)


valentîn

valentîn m (plural valentîns, feminine valentinne)

valentîns (plural)
valentinne (feminine)

From la Saint Valentîn (“St. Valentine's Day”).

(Jersey) male valentine (object of one's affections)


bêque

From Old French besche, from Old French beker, bescher, of uncertain origin.
Alternatively, from Late Latin *becca, from Frankish *pīk (“pickaxe; spade”), from Proto-Germanic *pīkaz (“pickaxe”), related to Old English becca (“pickaxe; mattock”).


hitre dé rocque

hitre dé rocque f (plural hitres dé rocque)

(Jersey) saddle oyster, horse oyster, crow oyster


rocque

From Old Northern French roque, from Early Medieval Latin rocca (767), of uncertain origin. Compare French roche from Old French roche. Compare also English rock.

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

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


r'pas à la broche

r'pas à la broche m (plural r'pas à la broche)


rôllinne-pinne

rôllinne-pinne f (plural rôllinne-pinnes)


guénipe

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


couoche

Compare couochon (“pig”), French coche (“sow”), cochon (“pig”).


riviéthe

riviéthes (plural)
rivyire (alternative)
rivière (alternative)

From Old French riviere, from Early Medieval Latin rīpāria.


p'tite maîson

p'tite maîson f (plural p'tites maîsons)


g'linne

From Old French geline, from Vulgar Latin *galina, from Latin gallīna (“hen”), from gallus (“rooster”).


poulette

From Old French, equivalent to poule (“hen”) + -ette (diminutive suffix).


pentecôte

Alchemilla vulgaris
Wikispecies:Alchemilla vulgaris

(Jersey) lady's mantle (Alchemilla vulgaris)


pâlle

pâlles (plural)
pâle (alternative)
païle (alternative)

From Old French paille, from Latin palea.


païle

païles (plural)
pâle (alternative)
pâlle (alternative)


c'mînsole dé molleton

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c'mînsole dé molleton f (plural c'mînsoles dé molleton)


boutelle

From Old French boteille, from Late Latin butticula.


chap'lée

chapé (“hat”) + -ée (compare Old French chapel)


clios

clios (plural)
cliôs (alternative Jersey)
cllos (alternative)

From Old French clos (“enclosed outdoor area; field, paddock”), from Latin clausus.

inh

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

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

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


couôsinne

couôsinnes (plural)
couôthinne (alternative)
cousaine (alternative)


pouongnet

pouongnets (plural)
pouogniet (alternative)
pwẽ (alternative)


vèrre

From Old French voirre, from Latin vitrum.


bîngue

bîngues (plural)
bingue (alternative)
baengue (alternative)
bĩg (alternative)


m'lon

From Old French melon, from Late Latin melonem, from Latin melopeponem (“type of pumpkin”), from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn), from μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”) + πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”).


couôtuthe

From Vulgar Latin consutura, ultimately from Latin cōnsuō (“I sew, stitch, join”) (compare couôtre (“to sew”)).


dispense dé mathiage

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dispense dé mathiage f (plural dispenses dé mathiage)


courtil

From Old French cortil, itself from Medieval Latin curtilis.


denchive

From Old French [Term?], from Latin gingīva, altered under influence from dent (“tooth”).

(Jersey, anatomy, usually in the plural) gum


hitre

From Old French oistre, uistre, from Latin ostrea, from Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (óstreon).

hitre dé rocque

saddle oyster, horse oyster, crow oyster


f'nêtre

f'nêtres (plural)
f'nêt' (alternative)
f'nête (alternative)

From Old French fenestre, from Latin fenestra.


arrêt d'beusse

arrêt d'beusse m (plural arrêts d'beusse)


stâtion d'beusse

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


rueûque

From Early Medieval Latin rusca (“bark”), from Gaulish rusca, from Proto-Celtic *rūskos (“bark”).


tâsse

From Old French tasse, from Arabic طَاس (ṭās) (a shortening of طَسْت (ṭast)), from Middle Persian tšt' (tašt).


frouque

From Old Northern French forque (compare Old French forche), from Latin furca (“pitchfork, forked stake”, also “gallows, beam, stake, support post, yoke”), of uncertain origin.


girofliée

girofliées (plural)
giroufliée (alternative)


lantèrne d'pâraîsse

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lantèrne d'pâraîsse f (plural lantèrnes d'pâraîsse)


lantèrne des pouôrres gens

lantèrne des pouôrres gens f (plural lantèrnes des pouôrres gens)


d'vanté

d'vantchieaux (plural)
dévanté (alternative)


d'vant'lée

From Old French devantel (“apron”) + -ée.


vèrgue

From Latin virga (“shoot, rod stick”) (compare Middle French verge (“rod or wand of office”)), of unknown origin.


salle pârouaîssiale

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salle pârouaîssiale f (plural salles pârouaîssiales)


pouquelaye

pouquelayes (plural)
pouquelée (alternative)


pôin

From Old French pain, from Latin pānis, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to feed, to graze”).


nouage

nouages (plural)
nuage (alternative)
nwadj (alternative)


faches dé cat

des faches dé cat (canonical feminine plural)


connêtabl'ye

connêtabl'yes (plural)
counnétablle (alternative)

From Old French conestable, from Latin comes stabulī (“officer of the stables”).

inh

(Jersey, government, law enforcement) constable


counnétablle

counnétablles (plural)
connêtabl'ye (alternative)

(Guernsey) constable (elected head of a parish)


raînotte dé mé

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raînotte dé mé f (plural raînottes dé mé)


tchian d'mé

Scyliorhinus stellaris
Scyliorhinus stellaris#Translingual

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

small-spotted catshark
small-spotted catshark

Scyliorhinus canicula
Scyliorhinus canicula#Translingual

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

Galeorhinus galeus
Galeorhinus galeus#Translingual

(Jersey) school shark (Galeorhinus galeus)


d'mouaîselle

d'mouaîselles (plural)
démouaîselle (alternative)

From Old French damoisele, from Vulgar Latin *domnicella, diminutive of Latin domina.

(Jersey) spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthius)


brême

From Old French braisme, from Frankish *brahsima, from West Germanic *brahsmō, from Proto-Germanic *brahsmǭ, *brahsinō, *brahsmaz (“bream”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *brehwanaz (“shining, glittery, sparkly”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerek- (“to shine”) (see English braid (verb)).

der

Abramis brama
Abramis brama#Translingual

Pagellus bogaraveo
Pagellus bogaraveo#Translingual

(Jersey) red sea bream, blackspot sea bream (Pagellus bogaraveo)

Spondyliosoma cantharus
Wikispecies:Spondyliosoma cantharus

(Jersey) black sea bream (Spondyliosoma cantharus)


véthité

From Old French verité, borrowed from Latin vēritās, vēritātem.


sardinne

sardinnes (plural)
sardaenne (alternative)
sardène (alternative)

From Latin sardīna, from Sardinia, from Ancient Greek Σαρδώ (Sardṓ).


stchelette

stchelettes (plural)
stchélatte (alternative)

from Latin sceletus, from Ancient Greek σκελετός (skeletós, “dried up, withered, dried body, parched, mummy”).


marinne

From Latin marīnus, derived from mare (“sea”).


têgrêsse

têgrêsses (plural)
tigraesse (alternative)


fliandre

From Old Northern French floundre, borrowed from Old Norse flyðra.


gode à rouoge bé

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gode à rouoge bé f (plural godes à rouoge bé)


néthe héthonde

néthe héthonde f (plural néthes héthondes)


héthonde dé falaise

héthonde dé falaise f (plural héthondes dé falaise)


héthonde

héthondes (plural)
arounde (alternative)

From a variant of Old French aronde, from Latin hirundō.


grand' vèrgue

grand' vèrgue f (plural grandes vèrgues)


vaile

From Old French voile, veile, from Vulgar Latin *vēla, from the plural of Latin vēlum.


mîsaine

From Old French migenne (through influence from Italian mezzana), ultimately from Latin mediānus.


vaile dé mîsaine

vaile dé mîsaine f (plural vailes dé mîsaine)


mât d'mîsaine

(Jersey, nautical) foremast (of a schooner)


tchilieuvre dé mé

tchilieuvre dé mé f (plural tchilieuvres dé mé)


tchilieuvre

tchilieuvres (plural)
tchuleuve (alternative)


stchinnancie

From a variant of Old French quinencie (compare obsolete English squinzey), from Medieval Latin quinancia, from Ancient Greek κυνάγχη (kunánkhē, “canine quinsy”), from κύων (kúōn, “dog”) + ἄγχω (ánkhō, “throttle”).

der

Polygala serpyllifolia
Wikispecies:Polygala serpyllifolia

(Jersey) heath milkwort (Polygala serpyllifolia)


résipele

From Ancient Greek ἐρυσίπελας (erusípelas).


p'tite bécachinne

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p'tite bécachinne f (plural p'tites bécachinnes)


bécachinne dé grève

bécachinne dé grève f (plural bécachinnes dé grève)


bânêque

bânêques (plural)
bênacl'ye (alternative)
benêque (alternative)

From Old French bernaque (“barnacle”), from Gaulish *barenica (“limpet”), from *barenos (“rock”).


breune cônerote

breune cônerote f (plural breunes cônerotes)


ieil

siaers (plural)
u (alternative)
yi (alternative)

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


histouaithe

histouaithes (plural)
histouère (alternative)
histouaire (alternative Guernsey)
istwer (alternative Sark)

From Old French estoire and Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía, “learning through research, narration of what is learned”), from ἱστορέω (historéō, “to learn through research, to inquire”), from ἵστωρ (hístōr, “the one who knows, the expert, the judge”).


priéthe

From Old French priere, preiere, from Early Medieval Latin precāria, derived from Latin precem.


preune

From Old French prune, from Vulgar Latin *prūna, feminine singular formed from the neuter plural of Latin prūnum, from Ancient Greek προῦμνον (proûmnon, “plum”).


preune dé Damas

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preune dé Damas f (plural preunes dé Damas)


frâse sauvage

frâse sauvage f (plural frâses sauvages)


pomme douoche

pomme douoche f (plural pommes douoches)


pomme dé tchêne

pomme dé tchêne f (plural pommes dé tchêne)


pomme dé sapîn

pomme dé sapîn f (plural pommes dé sapîn)


tchêne

tchênes (plural)
kyeen (alternative Sark)

From Old Northern French *quesne (compare Old French chesne), from Vulgar Latin *cassanus, from Gaulish [Term?].


tchêne

From Old French cane (“sugar cane”), from Latin canna (“reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na).


tchênelle

tchênelles (plural)
kyẽẽnel (alternative)


paithe

paithes (plural)
peire (alternative)
père (alternative Guernsey)

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


pond'rêsse

pond'rêsses (plural)
ponn'rêsse (alternative)


paithe dé tèrre

paithe dé tèrre f (plural paithes dé tèrre)


pèrche

From Latin perca, from Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē, “perch”), cognate with περκνός (perknós, “dark-spotted”).


cannotte

Feminine form of cannot (“male duckling”).


cannard sauvage

cannard sauvage f (plural cannards sauvages)


chânaise

(Jersey) female cuckoo wrasse (Labrus mixtus)


linnot

linnot m (plural linnots, feminine linnotte)


rouoge linnot

rouoge linnot m (plural rouoges linnots)


mêle à blianche gorge

mêle à blianche gorge m (plural mêles à blianche gorge)


honmard

honmard m (plural honmards, feminine mouaithe)


pithot

pithot m (plural pithots, feminine pithotte)

pithots (plural)
pithotte (feminine)
pirot (alternative)


pithotte

pithottes (plural)
pithette (alternative)
pirette (alternative)


pithot sauvage

pithot sauvage m (plural pithots sauvages)


chanteux

chanteux m (plural chanteurs, feminine chant'rêsse)

chanteurs (plural)
chant'rêsse (feminine)

chanter + -eux, or corresponding to Latin cantor, cantōrem. Compare French chanteur.


lêzarde

From Old French lesard, from Latin lacertus.


lêzarde dg'ieau

lêzarde dg'ieau f (plural lêzardes dg'ieau)


longue pièrre

longue pièrre f (plural longues pièrres)


maîson hantée

maîson hantée f (plural maîsons hantées)


maîson vîsionnée

maîson vîsionnée f (plural maîsons vîsionnées)


mouothue

mouothues (plural)
mouorue (alternative)


néthe mauve

great black-backed gull
great black-backed gull


pèrdrix

From Old French perdriz, from Latin perdīx, perdīcem, from Ancient Greek πέρδιξ (pérdix).


plyie

From Old French pluie, from Vulgar Latin *ploia < *plovia, from Classical Latin pluvia.


pliatelée

From Old French platel (plate + -el) + -ée.


preunelle dé l'yi

preunelle dé l'yi f (plural preunelles d's ièrs)


selle à beurre

selle à beurre f (plural selles à beurre)


selle à tuthet

selle à tuthet f (plural selles à tuthet)


souothis

From Latin sorex, soricis (“shrew, shrewmouse”).

uder

ouothelle dé souothis

changing forget-me-not; mouse-ear; early forget-me-not


tabûle

Trisopterus luscus
Trisopterus luscus#Translingual


tchèrlîngue

Of likely Germanic origins (compare Old Danish karling and Old Norse kjǫlr (“keel”)).


trouelle

From Late Latin truella, from Latin trulla.


vaituthe

From Latin vectura, from the verb vehō (“I carry, I bear”).


vendeux

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vendeux m (plural vendeurs, feminine vend'rêsse)


vèrgue dé cacatouais

vèrgue dé cacatouais f (plural vèrgues dé cacatouais)


vèrgue d'pèrrotchet

vèrgue d'pèrrotchét f (plural vèrgues d'pèrrotchét)

vèrgue d'pèrrotchét (canonical feminine)
vèrgues d'pèrrotchét (plural)


vèrgue d'mîsaine

vèrgue d'mîsaine f (plural vèrgues d'mîsaine)


vèrgue d'heune

vèrgue d'heune f (plural vèrgues d'heune)


véhicl'ye

From Latin vehiculum (“vehicle, carriage”).


Vièrge

La Vièrge (canonical feminine)
Vièrges (plural)


vîngne dé patate

vîngne dé patate f (plural vîngnes dé patate)


vîngne

From Old French vingne, vigne, from Vulgar Latin vinia, from Latin vīnea (“vineyard; vine”).


vaile dé pèrrotchet

vaile dé pèrrotchet f (plural vailes dé pèrrotchet)


vaile d'artimon

vaile d'artimon f (plural vailes d'artimon)


vaile dé sprède

vaile dé sprède f (plural vailes dé sprède)


vèche

From Old Northern French veche, a variant form of Old French vece (compare modern French vesce), from Latin vicia.


tourtérelle

tourtérelles (plural)
tourtéré (alternative)
teurtérelle (alternative)


frambrouaise

From Old French framboise (“raspberry”), from Frankish *brāmabaʀi (“blackberry, bramble”). Influenced in form by frâse (“strawberry”).


nouoyi

From Vulgar Latin nucārius (compare French noyer), from Classical Latin nux.


louothi

louothièrs (plural)
louothyi (alternative)

From Old French lorier (compare French laurier), from lor, from Latin laurus (“laurel”).


cocombre

From Old French cocombre, ultimately from Latin cucumis, probably through an Old Occitan intermediate.


chaûdgiéthe

From Old French chaudiere, from Late Latin caldāria (“cooking-pot”), derived from Latin caldus (“hot”). Compare French chaudière.

(Jersey) boiler (Jersey cooking), cauldron, large cooking pot


freunmionniéthe

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freunmionniéthe f (plural freunmionniéthes)


freunmion

freunmions (plural)
frémîn (alternative)


heuniéthe du mât d'avant

heuniéthe du mât d'avant f (plural heuniéthes du mât d'avant)


heune d'artimon

heune d'artimon f (plural heunes d'artimon)


hôlouoge dé grand-péthe

hôlouoge dé grand-péthe f (plural hôlouoges dé grand-péthe)


atchusâtion

From Latin accūsātiō, accūsātiōnem, from accūsō, accūsāre (“accuse, indict”).


g'veu

From Old Northern French (compare Old French cheveu), from Latin capillus.


matîn

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


mudget

Diminutive form of Old French mugue or muguete (“musk”) (compare French muguet), from muscade, from Latin muscada, feminine of muscat (“musky”), from Ancient Greek μόσχος (móskhos), from Middle Persian *mušk (“musk”), ultimately from Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣka, “testicle”), the shape of the gland being similar.


tànte

tàntes (plural)
tante (alternative Jersey)


grand'-mère

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

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


dardaise

From Late Latin *ardesia (vernacular of Northern France), 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.


endret dè d'vànt

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endret dè d'vànt m (plural endrets dè d'vànt)


journaïe

journaïes (plural)
journée (alternative Jersey)

From Old French jornee, from Vulgar Latin *diurnāta.


matinaïe

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


batée

From Old French bast (“packsaddle”) + -ée.


braichie

From Vulgar Latin *bracium (compare bras) + -ie.


fouônnée

fouônnées (plural)
fouânnée (alternative)


gaillard d'avant

gaillard d'avant m (plural gaillards d'avant)


gaillard d'arriéthe

gaillard d'arriéthe m (plural gaillards d'arriéthe)


mataud

Squalus acanthias
Squalus acanthias#Translingual

(Jersey) spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias)


rousset

Alternative form of roussé (“small-spotted catshark, lesser spotted dogfish”)


brébis

From Old French berbis, berbiz, from Vulgar Latin *berbix, berbicem, from Late Latin berbēx, berbēcis, from Latin vervēx (“wether”).


morcé

From Old French morsel, from Medieval Latin morsellum (“a bit, a little piece”), diminutive of Latin morsum (“a bit”), neuter past participle of mordeō, mordēre (“bite, nibble, gnaw”), from Proto-Indo-European *merə- (“to rub, wipe; to pack, rob”).


parapi

parapis (plural)
paraplyie (alternative)


parc'rie

parc'ries (plural)
parqu'thie (alternative)


maraïe

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


maïr

maïrs (plural)
mé (alternative)
me (alternative)


maonde

From Old French monde, from Latin mundus.


pllànte

pllàntes (plural)
pliante (alternative Jersey)
pllaunte (alternative)
pyãt (alternative Sark)

From Old French plante, from Latin planta.

De la St. Michel à Noué un pllante ne sait pas chu que nou li fait.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, pages 535-536:

From Michaelmas to Christmas a plant does not know what you do to it.


pertu

Il a fait pertus sous l'iaue.

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


plleume

plleumes (plural)
plieunme (alternative Jersey)

From Old French plume, from Latin plūma (“feather”).


pôïne

From Old French peine, from Latin poena, from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ, “penalty, fine, bloodmoney”).


rotcher

rotchers (plural)
rotchi (alternative)
rotchet (alternative)

From Old Northern French rocquier (compare Old French rochier, modern French rocher).


saer

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

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

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


saïl

From a variant of Old French sel, from Latin sāl, salem.


s'môine

From Old French semaine, from Late Latin septimāna (“week”), from the Latin septimānus (“related to the seventh element of a series”, adjective), derived from septimus (“seventh”).


tcherbaon

From Old French charbon, from Latin carbō, carbōnem (“charcoal, coal”).


travas

From Old French travail (“suffering”). Cognate with French travail (“work”).

Pûs de broue que de travâs.

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


entchaeure

entchaeures (plural)
ântchie (alternative)


méjeu

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

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


migniet

From Old French mie nuit, itself from mie, feminine singular of mi (“half, half way”) + nuit (“night”).


oriller

orillers (plural)
ouothilyi (alternative)


ormé

From Old French, from Late Latin *auris maris.


barbe d'gardîngni

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barbe d'gardîngni f (plural barbes d'gardîngni)


barbe d'sapeur

barbe d'sapeur f (plural barbes d'sapeur)


batâle

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


arriéthe

From Latin ad (“to”) + retrō (“back”) (compare French arrière).


branque

From an Old Northern French [Term?] source akin to Old French branche, from Vulgar Latin branca (“paw”), possibly from Gaulish *vranca.

Un mouisson à la main en vaut daeux sur la branque.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, pages 542-43:

A bird in the hand is worth two on the branch.


fausse tchelle

fausse tchelle f (plural fausses tchelles)

(Jersey, nautical) outer keel, false keel


tchelle

Borrowed from Old Norse kilir, plural of kjölr (“keel”).


grand' tchuîsinne

grand' tchuîsinne f (plural grandes tchuîsinnes)

Alternative form of grand'tchuîsinne (“dining room”)


grand'tchuîsinne

grand'tchuîsinne f (plural grand'tchuîsinnes)

grand'tchuîsinnes (plural)
grand' tchuîsinne (alternative)


hanque

From Old Northern French [Term?] (compare French hanche), from Proto-Germanic *hanka.


lectuthe

From Medieval Latin lēctūra (“reading”), feminine of Classical Latin lēctūrus, future active participle of legō, legere (“read, recite”).


législâtion

Borrowed from Late Latin lēgislātiō, lēgislātiōnem (“the giving of the law”).


gângni

From Old French gaaignier, from Vulgar Latin *wadaniāre, of Germanic origin, from Old Frankish *waiþanjan (“to pasture, graze, hunt for food”), from Proto-Germanic *waiþanjaną.


brotchet

brotchets (plural)
brochet (alternative)

Squalus acanthius
Wikispecies:Squalus acanthius


bague dé neuches

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bague dé neuches f (plural bagues dé neuches)


bague d'engagement

bague d'engagement f (plural bagues d'engagement)


bague dé fianchailles

bague dé fianchailles f (plural bagues dé fianchailles)


baronmette ès pouôrres gens

baronmette ès pouôrres gens f (plural baronmettes ès pouôrres gens)


balle dé canon

balle dé canon f (plural balles dé canon)


bârrique

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


bârrique à cidre

bârrique à cidre f (plural bârriques à cidre)


bârrique à êpu

bârrique à êpu f (plural bârriques à êpu)


belsaminne

From Late Latin balsamina (compare French balsamine), from Ancient Greek βαλσαμίνη (balsamínē).


becque-dé-corbîn

becque-dé-corbîn f (plural becques-dé-corbîn)


faûcil'ye

From Old French falcille, from Late Latin falcīcula, a diminutive of Latin falcem. Compare French faucille.


crabe grégeaise

crabe grégeaise f (plural crabes grégeaises)

(Jersey) lady crab, swimming crab (Necora puber)


bâsse dé viole

bâsse dé viole f (plural bâsses dé viole)


boursoufliuthe

boursoufliuthe f (plural boursoufliuthes)


bouochie d'son

bouochie d'son f (plural bouochies d'son)

(Jersey, journalism, television) sound bite


boucl'ye

From Old French bocle (“buckle”), from Latin buccula (“the cheek strap of a helmet”).


boucl'ye dé bouton

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boucl'ye dé bouton f (plural boucl'yes dé bouton)


boucl'ye d'ouothelle

boucl'ye d'ouothelle f (plural boucl'yes d'ouothelle)


ouothelle

ouothelles (plural)
orêle (alternative)
oyêle (alternative)
oreille (alternative)

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


orêle

orêles (plural)
oreille (alternative Guernsey)
ouothelle (alternative Jersey)
oyêle (alternative)


bouissé

bouissiâos (plural)
buisset (alternative)
bouessé (alternative)
bouossé (alternative)

From Old French boissel, from Gaulish *bossā.

Quand le bouissé est pllein, i' jette.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 510:

When the bushel-measure is full, it runs over.


bouessé

bouessiaux (plural)
bouissé (alternative)
buisset (alternative)
bouossé (alternative)

From Old French boissel, from Gaulish *bossâ.


buisset

buissets (plural)
bouissé (alternative)
bouessé (alternative)
bouossé (alternative)


boutique d'habilements

boutique d'habilements f (plural boutiques d'habilements)


boutique à souv'nîns

boutique à souv'nîns f (plural boutiques à souv'nîns)


boutique à présents

boutique à présents f (plural boutiques à présents)


boutique à chucrîns

boutique à chucrîns f (plural boutiques à chucrîns)


boutique à bottes

boutique à bottes f (plural boutiques à bottes)


chucrîn

chucrîns (plural)
chucrin (alternative)
chükrĩ (alternative)


caf'tchiéthe

Borrowed from French cafetière, or else from café (“coffee”) + -iéthe.


couotheux d'grève

couotheux d'grève m (plural couotheurs d'grève)

Calidris alba
Calidris alba#Translingual


apèrchévance

From an Old French source akin to apercevoir (“to notice, realise, become aware of”).


cotonniéthe

Gnaphalium affine
Wikispecies:Gnaphalium affine

(Jersey, botany) Jersey cudweed (Gnaphalium affine)


coue

Ch'est la coue qui est la pière à écorchier.

It is the tail that is the hardest to flay.


couleu

couleurs (plural)
couleur (alternative)
couoleu (alternative)

From Old French color, from Latin color.


couoleu

couoleus (plural)
couleu (alternative)
couleur (alternative)


dêchèrge

From Old French deschargier (“to unload”).


cranne

From Medieval Latin crānium (“skull”), from Ancient Greek κρανίον (kraníon, “skull”).


dent d'sagesse

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dent d'sagesse f (plural dents d'sagesse)

From dent (“tooth”) + sagesse (“wisdom”), calque of Latin dēns sapientiae.


dgèrre civile

dgèrre civile f (plural dgèrres civiles)


êtaile

êtailes (plural)
éteile (alternative)
ételle (alternative Guernsey)
etel (alternative Sark)

From Old French estoile, esteile, from Latin stēlla, from Proto-Italic *stērolā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (“star”).


êtaile tchiyante

êtaile tchiyante f (plural êtailes tchiyantes)


fanmil'ye rouoyale

fanmil'ye rouoyale f (plural fanmil'yes rouoyales)


êcale

From Old French escale, from Old High German scāla.


Gùernésiais

Gùernésiais (plural)
Dgèrnésiais (alternative Jersey)
Guernésiais (alternative Guernsey)


brécolîn

Borrowed from Italian broccoli, plural of broccolo, diminutive of brocco (“shoot, sprout”), from Latin broccus, of Gaulish origin.


femme dé mênage

femme dé mênage f (plural femmes dé mênage)


fièvre trembliante

fièvre trembliante f (plural fièvres trembliantes)


gaîffe-tâp-séle

gaîffe-tâp-séle f (plural gaîffe-tâp-séles)


hôlouoge

From Latin hōrologium, from Ancient Greek ὡρολόγιον (hōrológion).


mauve à maq'thé

mauve à maq'thé f (plural mauves à maq'thé)


motor-bike

motor-bikes (plural)
motorbike (alternative)


nièche

From Old French nece (“niece, granddaughter”) from Late Latin neptia, representing Latin neptis (“granddaughter”), from Proto-Indo-European *néptih₂.


onche

From Old Northern French [Term?] (compare French once), from Latin uncia.


nouôrrituthe

From Latin nūtrītūra (“act of feeding or nourishing”) (compare French nourriture).


opéthâtion

From Latin operātiō, from the verb operor (“I work”), from opus, operis (“work”).


oualipe

Borrowed from English wallop. Compare Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French walop.


jeunment

From Old French jument, from Latin iūmentum.


nâtion

From Old French nacion, borrowed from Latin nātio, nātiōnem, from nātus, perfect active participle of nāscor (“born”).


néthe plianche

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néthe plianche f (plural néthes plianches)


blianche plianche

blianche plianche f (plural blianches plianches)


pâcienche

From Old French pacience, borrowed from Latin patientia.


natte à souothis

natte à souothis f (plural nattes à souothis)

(Jersey, computing) mouse pad, mouse mat


natte ès touches

natte ès touches f (plural nattes ès touches)


plianche à vaile

plianche à vaile f (plural plianches à vaile)


plianche à rouôlettes

plianche à rouôlettes f (plural plianches à rouôlettes)


tchaîse à rouôlettes

tchaîse à rouôlettes f (plural tchaîses à rouôlettes)


pétite-nièche

pétite-nièche f (plural pétites-nièches)


mârraine

From Old French marrene, from Vulgar Latin *mātrāna, from Early Medieval Latin mātrīna, from Latin māter (“mother”).


pânnais

pânnais (plural)
pônais (alternative Guernsey)

From Old French pasnaie, from Latin pastinaca (“parsnip, carrot”), from pastinum (“two-pronged fork”); related to pastinō, pastināre (“dig up the ground”).


caûchie

From Anglo-Norman/Old Northern French chaucee, caucie et al., from Late Latin calceāta or *calciāta, either from calceō/calciō (“stamp on, tread”), from Latin calx (“heel”), or from a derivative of calx (“limestone”). Compare French chaussée, English causeway.


capuchinne

Regulus regulus
Regulus regulus#Translingual


câsaque à coue d'héthonde

câsaque à coue d'héthonde f (plural câsaques à coue d'héthonde)


ceingl'ye

(Jersey, pathology, neurology) neuralgia


chrêtchienneté

chrêtchienneté f (plural chrêtchiennetés)


clyînmatisâtion

clyînmatisâtion f (plural clyînmatisâtions)


conmète

From Old French comete, from Latin cometa, from Ancient Greek κομήτης (komḗtēs, “longhaired”), referring to the tail of a comet, from κόμη (kómē, “hair”).


conméthe

From Old French commère, borrowed from Late Latin commāter, commātrem (“godmother”), from Latin com- + mater.


contchête

From Old French conqueste, from Late Latin *conquista.


dgèrryi

From Old French guerreier (“fighter, combattant”), from Early Medieval Latin guerra, werra (“war”) (whence Norman dgèrre), from Frankish *werru (“riot, disturbance, quarrel”).


escarmuche

From Old French escharmuche (“skirmish”), from Italian scaramuccia (“skirmish”), from Lombardic skirmen or Frankish *skirmijan.


badgette

Borrowed from French baguette, from Italian bacchetta.


badgette dé mémouaithe

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badgette dé mémouaithe f (plural badgettes dé mémouaithe)


mémouaithe

From Old French memoire, from Latin memoria (“the faculty of remembering, remembrance, memory, a historical account”), from memor (“mindful, remembering”).


mîngnonne dé cardrinnette

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mîngnonne dé cardrinnette f (plural mîngnonnes dé cardrinnette)


vipéthe à bouais

vipéthe à bouais f (plural vipéthes à bouais)


machinne à s'pather

machinne à s'pather f (plural machinnes à s'pather)


houette à houetter

houette à houetter f (plural houettes à houetter)


hangne dé pot

(Jersey) loop for harnessing second horse


mé r'tithante

mé r'tithante f (plural mers r'tithantes)


arsion

From Old French arson (“burning, fire”), ultimately from the Latin ārdeō, ārdēre (“burn”, verb).


blianche danme

blianche danme f (plural blianches danmes)

(Jersey) white lady (type of apparition)


blianche femme

blianche femme f (plural blianches femmes)


papillon d'niet

papillon d'niet m (plural papillons d'niet)


blianche gorge

blianche gorge f (plural blianches gorges)


gâzette

gâzettes (plural)
gâthette (alternative)


moûque d'un jour

moûque d'un jour f (plural moûques d'un jour)


moûque à boûse

moûque à boûse f (plural moûques à boûse)


moûque à longs pids

moûque à longs pids f (plural moûques à longs pids)


moûque dé tchuîsinne

moûque dé tchuîsinne f (plural moûques dé tchuîsinne)


moûque à paîsson

moûque à paîsson f (plural moûques à paîsson)


puche dé tèrre

puche dé tèrre f (plural puches dé tèrre)


vielle des bourdes

vielle des bourdes f (plural vielles des bourdes)


vèrte crabe

Carcinus maenas
Carcinus maenas#Translingual


véthue chancreuse

véthue chancreuse f (plural véthues chancreuses)


véthue

hèrbe à véthues

greater celandine; petty spurge; sun spurge


sprède du grand mât

sprède du grand mât f (plural sprèdes du grand mât)


lînmache

From Old French [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *limacea, ultimately from Latin limax (“slug, snail”). Compare French limace.


chuchette

Cerastoderma edule
Wikispecies:Cerastoderma edule

(Jersey) common cockle (Cerastoderma edule)


bobbe

(eastern Jersey) common cockle (Cerastoderma edule)


bête à chent pids

bête à chent pids f (plural bêtes à chent pids)


cheintuthe

From an Old Northern French variant of Old French ceinture, from Latin cinctūra (“girdle, belt”).


chérise dé seu

chérise dé seu f (plural chérises dé seu)


chèrvette

chèrvettes (plural)
chevrette (alternative)


cliaque

Ulva intestinalis
Wikispecies:Ulva intestinalis

(Jersey) green laver (Ulva intestinalis)

Porphyra umbilicalis
Porphyra umbilicalis#Translingual

Porphyra laciniata
Porphyra laciniata#Translingual

(Jersey) purple laver (Porphyra umbilicalis (syn. Porphyra laciniata))


contchubinne

(Jersey) mistress (female partner in an extramarital relationship)


hèrbette

Tringa totanus
Tringa totanus#Translingual


trâle

From Old French trasle, of Germanic origin: compare Middle Dutch drossel (“thrush”), Old High German throscela, Old Saxon drossela, English throstle. More at throstle.


hèrbette dé grève

hèrbette dé grève f (plural hèrbettes dé grève)


hôlouoge à sablion

hôlouoge à sablion f (plural hôlouoges à sablion)


maitrêsse d'êcole

maitrêsse d'êcole f (plural maitrêsses d'êcole)


méthe ès moûques

méthe ès moûques f (plural méthes ès moûques)


meurdrisseûthe

meurdrisseûthe f (plural meurdrisseûthes)


montangne dé gliaiche

montangne dé gliaiche f (plural montangnes dé gliaiche)


gllèche

Inherited from Old French glaiche~glache~glace, from Vulgar Latin *glacium/a, from Latin glaciēs.

inh+

gliaiche (alternative Jersey)
gllache (alternative Guernsey)
glyech (alternative Sark)


maontogne

(Guernsey) Alternative form of montangne (“mountain”)


montangne

montangnes (plural)
maontogne (alternative Guernsey)
mountangne (alternative)

From Old French montaigne, from Early Medieval Latin montānia, a collective based on Latin montem.

faithe eune montangne dé beurre

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


montangne dé feu

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montangne dé feu f (plural montangnes dé feu)


montangne brûlante

montangne brûlante f (plural montangnes brûlantes)


fil'ye

From Old French fille, from Latin fīlia.


blianche-coue

blianche-coue f (plural blianches-coues)


carte dé Noué

cartes dé Noué (plural)
carte d'Noué (alternative)


fêsse

From Vulgar Latin *fissa (compare French fesse), from Latin fissum.


gamme dé cartes

gamme dé cartes f (plural gammes dé cartes)


gamme dé compiuteu

gamme dé compiuteu f (plural gammes dé compiuteu)


granmaithe

granmaithes (plural)
grammaithe (alternative)


g'vil'ye

g'vil'yes (plural)
gvil (alternative Sark)
quevîle (alternative)

From a variant of Old French cheville, from Vulgar Latin *cāvicla < *cāvicula, from Classical Latin clāvicula, diminutive of clāvis (“key”).


lîngne dé pêque

lîngne dé pêque f (plural lîngnes dé pêque)


libèrté

From Old French liberte, from Latin lībertās (“freedom”), from līber (“free”).


machinne à laver

machinne à laver f (plural machinnes à laver)


machinne à couôtre

machinne à couôtre f (plural machinnes à couôtre)


machinne à dgèrber

machinne à dgèrber f (plural machinnes à dgèrber)


machinne à êcrithe

machinne à êcrithe f (plural machinnes à êcrithe)


machinne à rêpondre

machinne à rêpondre f (plural machinnes à rêpondre)


machinne à sou

machinne à sou f (plural machinnes à sou)

automated teller machine
automated teller machine

(Jersey, banking) automated teller machine


maladie d'nèrfs

maladie d'nèrfs f (plural maladies d'nèrfs)


tchaîse à reues

tchaîse à reues f (plural tchaîses à reues)


p'tite-fil'ye

p'tite-fil'ye f (plural p'tites-fil'yes)


palette dé l'êpaule

palette dé l'êpaule f (plural palettes dé l'êpaule)


palette du g'nou

palette du g'nou f (plural palettes du g'nou)


êtchipe dé quéméreu

êtchipe dé quéméreu f (plural êtchipes dé quéméreu)


quéméreu

quéméreux (plural)
quêméreu (alternative)


fausse couoche

fausse couoche f (plural fausses couoches)


montée en touothelle

montée en touothelle f (plural montées en touothelle)


êcalyi touônnant

êcalyi touônnant m (plural êcalièrs touônnants)


muthâle à pièrre sècque

muthâle à pièrre sècque f (plural muthâles à pièrre sècque)


pièrre dé taille

pièrre dé taille f (plural pièrres dé taille)


preunmié pièrre

preunmié pièrre f (plural preunmiés pièrres)


creux à tchèrbon

creux à tchèrbon m (plural creux à tchèrbon)


appartément

From Latin ad + pars, partis (“part”) -amentum (compare French appartement, Italian appartamento, Spanish and Portuguese apartamento).


parleux

From Old French parleor (compare English parlor), from parler (“to speak”).


couongnet

From a diminutive of Old French coigne (“wedge, cornerstone, die for stamping”), from Latin cuneus (“wedge”).


pièrre

From Old French pierre, from Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, “stone, rock”).


litcheu

Borrowed from Latin liquor (compare French liqueur).


rouoge crabe

Dermaturus mandtii
Wikispecies:Dermaturus mandtii

(Jersey) wrinkled crab (Dermaturus mandtii)


pid d'ouaîthé

Capsella bursa-pastoris
Capsella bursa-pastoris#Translingual

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


cliouque

cliouques (plural)
cliaque (alternative)

(Jersey) purple laver (Porphyra umbilicalis, syn. Porphyra laciniata)


nêle

From Late Latin nigella, substantivization of the feminine of Latin nigellus (“blackish”). Compare French nielle.


pommiéthe

Helleborus foetidus
Helleborus foetidus#Translingual

(Jersey) stinking hellebore, dungwort, bear's-foot (Helleborus foetidus)


vèrte s'nîle

nettle-leaved goosefoot
nettle-leaved goosefoot

Chenopodiastrum murale
Wikispecies:Chenopodiastrum murale

(Jersey) nettle-leaved goosefoot (Chenopodiastrum murale)


violette sauvage

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violette sauvage f (plural violettes sauvages)


violette d'hivé

violette d'hivé f (plural violettes d'hivé)


violette dé gardîn

violette dé gardîn f (plural violettes dé gardîn)


jaune violette

jaune violette f (plural jaunes violettes)


baume dé la résurrection

baume dé la résurrection f (plural baumes dé la résurrection)


violette d'êté

violette d'êté f (plural violettes d'êté)


violette dé mielle

violette dé mielle f (plural violettes dé mielle)

Matthiola sinuata
Wikispecies:Matthiola sinuata


bédaine

Fucus vesiculosus
Fucus vesiculosus#Translingual

(Jersey) bladder wrack (Fucus vesiculosus)


blianche orme

blianche orme f (plural blianches ormes)


orme Dgèrnésiaise

orme Dgèrnésiaise f (plural ormes Dgèrnésiaises)


blianche-ortchie

blianche-ortchie f (plural blianches-ortchies)

(Jersey) white dead-nettle (Lamium album)


cârotte sauvage

cârotte sauvage f (plural cârottes sauvages)

Daucus carota
Daucus carota#Translingual


hèrbe à pithot

hèrbe à pithot f (plural hèrbes à pithot)


cassidonne

From Late Latin cassidonium (compare French cassidoine, English cassidony).

Lavandula latifolia
Wikispecies:Lavandula latifolia

(Jersey) spike lavender (Lavandula latifolia)

Lavandula stoechas
Lavandula stoechas#Translingual

(Jersey) French lavender (Lavandula stoechas)


bourdonniéthe

(Jersey) common knapweed (Centaurea nigra).


brüethe

Inherited from Old French bruiere, from Early Medieval Latin brūgāria.

(Jersey) heather, bell heather, cross-leaved heath


chue

Oenanthe crocata
Wikispecies:Oenanthe crocata

(Jersey) hemlock water dropwort (Oenanthe crocata)


cône dé chèr

buck's horn plantain
buck's horn plantain

Plantago coronopus
Wikispecies:Plantago coronopus

(Jersey) minutina, erba stella, buck's horn plantain (Plantago coronopus)


coue dé r'nard

coue dé r'nard f (plural coues dé r'nard)

common spotted orchid
common spotted orchid


droe

Bromus sterilis
Wikispecies:Bromus sterilis

Bromus diandrus
Wikispecies:Bromus diandrus

Bromus hordeaceus
Wikispecies:Bromus hordeaceus


hèrbe ès anges

(Jersey) silvery hair-grass, silver hair-grass


finnetèrre

Boreau's ramping-fumitory
Boreau's ramping-fumitory


lûzèrne en faûcil'ye

lûzèrne en faûcil'ye f (plural lûzèrnes en faûcil'ye)

Medicago falcata
Wikispecies:Medicago falcata

(Jersey) sickle medick (Medicago falcata)


lûzèrne

Borrowed from French luzerne, from Occitan luzerno (“glow-worm”), from Latin lucerna (“lamp”).


pouoillot

Thymus serpyllum
Thymus serpyllum#Translingual


rouoge pid

(Jersey) many-seed goosefoot (Lipandra polysperma, syn. Chenopodium polyspermum}}


rouoge s'nîle

rouoge s'nîle f (plural rouoges s'nîles)

(Jersey) many-seed goosefoot (Lipandra polysperma, syn. Chenopodium polyspermum)


orme Jèrriaise

orme Jèrriaise f (plural ormes Jèrriaises)

(Jersey) small-leaved elm (Ulmus minor).


rose sauvage

Rosa rubiginosa
Rosa rubiginosa#Translingual

Rosa eglanteria
Rosa eglanteria#Translingual

(Jersey) sweet briar (Rosa rubiginosa, syn. Rosa eglanteria)


rose à sablion

rose à sablion f (plural roses à sablion)

(Jersey) burnet rose (Rosa pimpinellifolia)


rose dé mielle

rose dé mielle f (plural roses dé mielle)


p'tite mauve

Malva sylvestris
Malva sylvestris#Translingual

(Jersey) common mallow (Malva sylvestris)


grappue

(Jersey) western gorse, dwarf furze (Ulex gallii)


grâsse-g'linne

Echium plantagineum
Echium plantagineum#Translingual

(Jersey) purple viper's bugloss (Echium plantagineum).


jalousie sauvage

Eupatorium cannabinum
Eupatorium cannabinum#Translingual

(Jersey) hemp agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum)


langue dé belle-méthe

langue dé belle-méthe f (plural langues dé belle-méthe)

mother-in-law's tongue
mother-in-law's tongue

Dracaena trifasciata
Dracaena trifasciata#Translingual

(Jersey) mother-in-law's tongue (Dracaena trifasciata, syn. Sansevieria trifasciata)


langue dé boeu

langue dé boeu f (plural langues dé boeu)

Asplenium scolopendrium
Asplenium scolopendrium#Translingual

(Jersey) hart's tongue, hart's-tongue fern (Asplenium scolopendrium).


livre-dé-beurre

livre-dé-beurre f (plural livres-dé-beurre)

Trollius europaeus
Trollius europaeus#Translingual

(Jersey) globeflower (Trollius europaeus)


molle hèrbe

(Jersey) creeping soft grass (Holcus mollis)


m'soûque

Matricaria chamomilla
Wikispecies:Matricaria chamomilla

(Jersey) scented mayweed (Matricaria chamomilla)

Tripleurospermum inodorum
Wikispecies:Tripleurospermum inodorum

(Jersey) scentless mayweed (Tripleurospermum inodorum)

Tripleurospermum maritimum
Wikispecies:Tripleurospermum maritimum

(Jersey) sea mayweed (Tripleurospermum maritimum)


pânnais sauvage

pânnais sauvage m (plural pânnais sauvages)


p'tite suthelle

Rumex acetosella
Rumex acetosella#Translingual

(Jersey) sheep's sorrel (Rumex acetosella)


p'tite chue

Aethusa cynapium
Wikispecies:Aethusa cynapium

(Jersey) fool's parsley (Aethusa cynapium)


pèrche-pièrre

Crithmum maritimum
Crithmum maritimum#Translingual

(Jersey) rock samphire (Crithmum maritimum)


constellâtion

From Latin constellātiō, from cōn (“with”) + stēlla (“star, astral body”).

(Jersey, astronomy, astrology) constellation


t'naisie

From Old French tanesie, tanaisie, from Medieval Latin tanacetum, atanacetum, of unknown origin.


argentinne

From Latin argentina, feminine form of argentinus (“silvery”), from argentum (“silver”).

(Jersey, botany) shrubby orache (Atriplex halimus)


ouothelles dé lapîn

Plantago lanceolata
Plantago lanceolata#Translingual

(Jersey) ribwort plantain (Plantago lanceolata)


ancelée d'falaise

(Jersey) sea plantain (Plantago maritima)


apathitouaithe

pellitory of the wall
pellitory of the wall

Parietaria officinalis
Parietaria officinalis#Translingual

(Jersey) pellitory of the wall (Parietaria officinalis)


j'va d'mé

j'vaux d'mé (plural)
ch'fa d'maïr (alternative)

Hippocampus hippocampus
Wikispecies:Hippocampus hippocampus

(Jersey) sea horse (Hippocampus hippocampus)


arbre à lupîns

arbre à lupîns m (plural arbres à lupîns)


aphrasie

Euphrasia tetraquetra
Wikispecies:Euphrasia tetraquetra

(Jersey) western eyebright (Euphrasia tetraquetra)


as sauvage

Allium vineale
Allium vineale#Translingual

(Jersey) three-cornered leek (Allium triquetrum)


enchens

From Old French encens (“sweet-smelling substance”), borrowed from Late Latin incensum (“burnt incense”, literally “something burnt”), neuter past participle of Latin incendō, incendere (“set on fire”).

der

Lamium purpureum
Wikispecies:Lamium purpureum

(Jersey) red deadnettle (Lamium purpureum)

Stachys sylvatica
Wikispecies:Stachys sylvatica

(Jersey) hedge woundwort (Stachys sylvatica)


escorvie

Cochlearia danica
Wikispecies:Cochlearia danica

(Jersey) Danish scurvygrass (Cochlearia danica)


gâche à pommes

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gâche à pommes f (plural gâches à pommes)


hèrbe Italienne

(Jersey) Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum).


hèrbe pèrpétuelle

(Jersey) perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne).


tulipe pèrpétuelle

tulipe pèrpétuelle f (plural tulipes pèrpétuelles)


hèrbi

Zostera marina
Zostera marina#Translingual

(Jersey) grass-wrack, eelgrass (Zostera marina)


hèrbe d'pré

(Jersey) spreading meadow grass (Poa humilis)


hèrbe b'nêt

From Old French herbe beneïte (“blessed herb”).


hèrbe des veuves

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hèrbe des veuves f (plural hèrbes des veuves)


hèrbe d'chorchi

Euphorbia lathyris
Euphorbia lathyris#Translingual

(Jersey) caper spurge, paper spurge, gopher spurge (Euphorbia lathyris)


chorchi

chorchi m (plural chorchièrs, feminine chorchiéthe)

chorchièrs (plural)
chorchiéthe (feminine)

From Old French sorchier, from Early Medieval Latin sortiārius, derived from Latin sortem.


piègne à chorchi

piègne à chorchi m (plural piègnes à chorchi)


piègne à chorchi

piègne à chorchi f (plural piègnes à chorchi)


tcheurdron à chorchi

tcheurdron à chorchi m (plural tcheurdrons à chorchi)


hèrbe à poules

(Jersey) annual meadow grass (Poa annua)


hèrbe à mille noeuds

(Jersey) corn spurry (Spergula arvensis)


hèrbe à la danme

Salvia verbenaca
Wikispecies:Salvia verbenaca


lait d'tchilieuvre

Euphorbia helioscopia
Euphorbia helioscopia#Translingual

(Jersey) sun spurge (Euphorbia helioscopia)


couochon

From Old French (compare French cochon).


hèrbe d'St Jean

hèrbe d'St Jean f (plural hèrbes d'St Jean)


hèrbe d'grâce

Verbena officinalis
Verbena officinalis#Translingual


hèrbe à véthues

Chelidonium majus
Chelidonium majus#Translingual

(Jersey) greater celandine (Chelidonium majus)

Euphorbia peplus
Wikispecies:Euphorbia peplus

(Jersey) petty spurge (Euphorbia peplus)


hèrbe à teindre

Reseda luteola
Reseda luteola#Translingual


hèrbe à paralysie

Potentilla erecta
Wikispecies:Potentilla erecta


absînthe

From Latin absinthium, a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀψίνθιον (apsínthion, “wormwood”).


néthe êpîngne

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néthe êpîngne f (plural néthes êpîngnes)


blianche êpîngne

blianche êpîngne f (plural blianches êpîngnes)


hèrbe à sang

Rumex sanguineus
Rumex sanguineus#Translingual


ordgi

From Old French orgoil (“pride”), from Frankish *urgōl (“pride”), from Proto-Germanic *urgōli-, *urgōljō (“pride”).

(Jersey) London pride (Saxifraga x urbium)


ordgi d'gardîn

Saxifraga × urbium
Wikispecies:Saxifraga × urbium

(Jersey) London pride (Saxifraga × urbium)


orvale

(Jersey) balm-leaved figwort (Scrophularia scorodonia).

(Jersey) marsh woundwort (Stachys palustris).


plîse

(Jersey) grass-wrack, sea-wrack, eelgrass (Zostera marina)


têtée dé g'veux

têtée dé g'veux f (plural têtées dé g'veux)


grand' suthelle

Rumex acetosa
Rumex acetosa#Translingual


radiche à j'vaux

radiche à j'vaux f (plural radiches à j'vaux)


alysson

Lobularia maritima
Lobularia maritima#Translingual

(Jersey) sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritima)


vioge

Nou dit u'chu c'mîn est hanté... par la vioge

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

We say that the road is haunted... by the evil spirit


vaque à lait

Un essaim en Mai—vaut une vaque à lait.

A swarm of bees in Mai is worth a milch cow.


vaque Jèrriaise

vaque Jèrriaise f (plural vaques Jèrriaises)


tchéthue à brîsi

tchéthue à brîsi f (plural tchéthues à brîsi)


tchéthue à grain

tchéthue à grain f (plural tchéthues à grain)


tchéthue à plianter

tchéthue à plianter f (plural tchéthues à plianter)


tchéthette

tchéthettes (plural)
tchithette (alternative)


tchéthette à fain

tchéthette à fain f (plural tchéthettes à fain)


tabl'ye d'tchuîsinne

tabl'ye d'tchuîsinne f (plural tabl'yes d'tchuîsinne)


tabl'ye à beurre

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


s'maine

From Old French semaine, from Late Latin septimāna (“week”), from the Latin septimānus (“related to the seventh element of a series”, adjective), derived from septimus (“seventh”).

inh

Six s'maïnes avant Noué, et six s'maïnes après, les nits sont les pûs longues, et le jours les pûs freds.

Six weeks before Christmas and six weeks after, the nights are the longest and the days the coldest.


scabelle à traithe

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scabelle à traithe f (plural scabelles à traithe)


pouque en papi

pouque en papi f (plural pouques en papi)


profonde bêque

profonde bêque f (plural profondes bêques)


amièrdoux

Solanum dulcamara
Solanum dulcamara#Translingual

(Jersey) bittersweet, woody nightshade (Solanum dulcamara)


aloé

From Old French aloes, from Latin aloē, from Ancient Greek ἀλόη (alóē, “aloe”), from Hebrew.


chrysanthème au dgiâbl'ye

chrysanthème au dgiâbl'ye f (uncountable)


faie

From Old French feie, foie, from Late Latin fīcātum (“liver”), from Latin iecur fīcātum (“fig-stuffed liver”).


tcheurdron

(Jersey) marsh thistle (Cirsium palustre).


populâtion

From Late Latin populātiō, populātiōnem (“population; a people, multitude”), from Latin populus (“people, nation”).


prîncêsse

From Vulgar Latin principissa, from Latin prīnceps.


prînce

From Old French prince, from Latin princeps.


pomme dé tabl'ye

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pomme dé tabl'ye f (plural pommes dé tabl'ye)


pomme dé garde

pomme dé garde f (plural pommes dé garde)


p'liche

From Old French pelice (“skin”), from Latin pellis, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to cover, wrap; skin, hide; cloth”).


plieunme

plieunmes (plural)
plleume (alternative Guernsey)

From Old French plume, from Latin plūma (“feather”).


p'tite pouchette

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p'tite pouchette f (plural p'tites pouchettes)

Podiceps auritus
Podiceps auritus#Translingual

(Jersey) Slavonian grebe, horned grebe (Podiceps auritus)


pouchette

pouchettes (plural)
poutchette (alternative)


cache-mînséthe

cache-mînséthe f (plural cache-mînséthes)


grand' câsaque

grand' câsaque f (plural grandes câsaques)


unniforme d'êcole

unniforme d'êcole m (plural unniformes d'êcole)


gâche dé lait d'beurre

gâche dé lait d'beurre f (plural gâches dé lait d'beurre)


gâche des neuches

gâche des neuches f (plural gâches des neuches)


pitchelle à vrai

pitchelle à vrai f (plural pitchelles à vrai)


Jeudi

Jeudis (plural)
jéeudi (alternative)
djödi (alternative)
jeudi (alternative)

From Old French jeudi, from Latin "Iovis dīēs", a variant of diēs Iovis (“day of Jupiter”).


Véndrédi

Véndrédis (plural)
vendrédi (alternative)
venderdi (alternative)
vãdrëdi (alternative)

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


Sanm'di

Sanm'dis (plural)
sammedi (alternative)
somedi (alternative)
samedi (alternative)
samdi (alternative)

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


grosse chèrvette

grosse chèrvette f (plural grosses chèrvettes)


pâtuthe

From Old French pasture, from Latin pastūra, from pāstus, from the stem of pāscō, pāscere.


pînchie

Compare pînchi (“to pinch”) French pincée.


dgeule-dé-lion

dgeule-dé-lion f (plural dgeules-dé-lion)


bantchet

From Old French banquet (“small bench”), from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench”).


brâcelet

From Old French bracelet, diminutive form of bras (“arm”).


bannète

From Old French bonet (“material from which hats are made”), from Frankish *bunni (“that which is bound”), from Proto-Germanic *bundiją (“bundle”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie”).


chabot

From Old French çabot (compare French sabot).


ch'lyi

From an Old Northern French [Term?] variant of Old French celier, from Late Latin cellārium, from Latin cella.


chînment

From Latin caementum (“quarry stone; stone chips for making mortar”) (compare French ciment).


colyi

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


chapé gorneux

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chapé gorneux m (plural chapieaux gorneux)


ôsyi

From Old French osiere, from Frankish *halster; alternatively from Medieval Latin ausēria (“willow-bed”), from Gaulish *awesā (“riverbed”).


panné

From Old French panel, from Latin pannus.


rouoyaume

rouoyaumes (plural)
reyoume (alternative)
rouoyanme (alternative Guernsey)
royaûme (alternative Guernsey)


pliâtre

From Late Latin plastrum (compare Anglo-Norman plaistre, French plâtre).


soulié

soulièrs (plural)
sôler (alternative)
soulier (alternative)

From Old French souler (compare French soulier).


traîneurs

plural of traîneur (“trainer, running shoe, sneaker”)


vétheule

From Medieval Latin or Late Latin variola, derived from Latin varius (“diverse, different, various, variegated”).


p'tite chèrvette

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p'tite chèrvette f (plural p'tites chèrvettes)


înmeubl'ye

From Old French, from Latin immōbĭlis (“immobile, immovable”).


corset d'oeuvre

corset d'oeuvre m (plural corsets d'oeuvre)


blianchet d'oeuvre

blianchet d'oeuvre m (plural blianchets d'oeuvre)


filieuthe

Compare French filleule. Ultimately from a feminine form of Latin fīliolus, a diminutive of fīlius (“son”).


fil'ye d'honneu

fil'ye d'honneu f (plural fil'yes d'honneu)


canne à beurre

canne à beurre f (plural cannes à beurre)


canne à traithe

canne à traithe f (plural cannes à traithe)


chaîne du sellot

chaîne du sellot f (plural chaînes du sellot)


cocangne

(Jersey) well spirit (creature that lives in wells and pulls unwary people in)


d'mié-r'traite

démié- (“half-”) + r'traite (“ebb-tide”)


êcalyi

From Late Latin scālārium, from Latin scāla (“ladder”), with the locative suffix -ārium.


frouque à vrai

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frouque à vrai f (plural frouques à vrai)


frouque à réchinnes

frouque à réchinnes f (plural frouques à réchinnes)


gâche à chucre

gâche à chucre f (plural gâches à chucre)


gâche fouôrrée

gâche fouôrrée f (plural gâches fouôrrées)


gâche à corînthe

gâche à corînthe f (plural gâches à corînthe)


galette à vrai

galette à vrai f (plural galettes à vrai)


machinne à dêfoui

machinne à dêfoui f (plural machinnes à dêfoui)

Nou vait des machinnes à martéler et à dêfoui tchi font des grands creux et des r'pathes ès c'mîns assez pouor faithe accraithe qu'i' y'a un dêtou à châque carre.

Mechanical drills and diggers can be seen making big holes and repairs enough to make one believe there's a diversion at every corner.


plianète

plianètes (plural)
pllanète (alternative)
pllanette (alternative)

From Latin planēta, from Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs, “wanderer, planet”), from πλανάω (planáō, “I wander”).