oisel

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Old French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Late Latin aucellus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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oisel oblique singularm (oblique plural oiseaus or oiseax or oisiaus or oisiax or oisels, nominative singular oiseaus or oiseax or oisiaus or oisiax or oisels, nominative plural oisel) (ornithology)

  1. bird
    • 1260–1267, Brunetto Latini, “Dou Fenix [On the phoenix]” (chapter 164), Book 5, in Livres dou Tresor [Book of Treasures]; republished as Polycarpe Chabaille, compiler, Li livres dou tresor par Brunetto Latini[1], Paris: Imprimerie impériale, 1863, page 214:
      Fenix est uns oisiaus en Arrabe dont il n’a plus que un sol en trestout le monde
      Phoenix is a bird in Arabia, of which there is no more than a single one in all the world
    1. (falconry) bird, falcon, hawk
      • 2009, Tony Hunt, Three Anglo-Norman Treatises on Falconry:
        Si voustre oysel est glettous [...].
        If your bird is voracious [...].
    2. chick

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