oiseau

== French == === Alternative forms === ouéseau (Quebec) z-oiseau, zozo (Haiti, Louisiana, Missouri) === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French oyseau, from Old French oisel c. 1100, from Late Latin aucellus m (“little bird”), a diminutive ultimately based on Latin avis f (“bird”), from Proto-Italic *awis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis. Compare Norman ouaîsé, Franco-Provençal usél. Compare also the French oie (“goose”), derived from another diminutive of avis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /wa.zo/ (Louisiana) IPA(key): /wa.zo/, /zwa.zo/, /zo.zo/, [zwɒ.zo], [zo.zo] Rhymes: -o Homophone: oiseaux === Noun === oiseau m (plural oiseaux, feminine oiselle) bird ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Antillean Creole: zwazo Haitian Creole: zwazo Louisiana Creole: lwazo, zozo, zwazo Mauritian Creole: zwazo Seychellois Creole: zwazo === Further reading === “oiseau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012