allègre

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French halaigre, from Latin alacrem (“lively; happy, joyful”). The Old French form alegre derived from a Vulgar Latin form *alacrum, and the form (h)aliegre from an *alĕcrum. The transition of Latin -cr- to French -gr- is paralleled in aigre, maigre; it may have been influenced partly by Old Occitan alegre. Doublet of allegro. More at Italian allegro. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.lɛɡʁ/ === Adjective === allègre (plural allègres) joyful, happy ==== Derived terms ==== allègrement ==== Related terms ==== alacrité ==== Descendants ==== → Italian: allegro (see there for further descendants) → Romanian: alegru === Further reading === “allègre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === alléger == Norman == === Etymology === From Old French halaigre, from Latin alacer (“lively; happy, joyful”). === Adjective === allègre m or f (Jersey) brisk ==== Derived terms ==== allègrément (“briskly”)