loriot

English

Etymology

Middle French loriot.

Noun

loriot (plural loriots)

The oriole.

Anagrams

Triolo, rotoli

French

Etymology

Earlier loriol, by rebracketing from Old French oriol, from Old Occitan auriol, from Latin aureolus (“golden”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lɔ.ʁjo/

Noun

loriot m (plural loriots)

oriole

Further reading

“loriot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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