berceau

== French == === Etymology === From Old French berçuel (diminutive of bers) from Vulgar Latin berciolum diminutive of *bertium, from Gaulish *berta, from Proto-Celtic *bertā, variant of *bereti (“to carry”). Compare Old Irish bert (“bundle”). Cognate with Catalan bressol, Portuguese berço and Galician berce. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɛʁ.so/ Rhymes: -o === Noun === berceau m (plural berceaux) cradle, crib (bed for a baby) (figuratively) cradle, birthplace, place of origin (architecture) arch, vault ==== Derived terms ==== au berceau ==== Descendants ==== Haitian Creole: bèso → Portuguese: berço → Swedish: berså === Further reading === “berceau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012