hirondelle

== French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Occitan irondela, diminutive of irunda, ironda, ultimately from Latin hirundō. Replaced Old French arondelle, diminutive of aronde, from Latin hirundō (compare also harundō). === Pronunciation === (mute h) IPA(key): /i.ʁɔ̃.dɛl/ === Noun === hirondelle f (plural hirondelles) swallow (bird) 1976, Michel Fugain et le Big Bazar, "Le printemps". (printing) alignment mark printed in the margin (colloquial, dated) policeman on a bicycle or motorcycle ==== Derived terms ==== hirondelle de rochers une hirondelle ne fait pas le printemps === Further reading === “hirondelle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012