oiseau-mouche

French

oiseau-mouche

Etymology

From oiseau (“bird”) +‎ mouche (“fly (insect)”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wa.zo.muʃ/
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Noun

oiseau-mouche m (plural oiseaux-mouches)

hummingbird (any of various small American birds in the family Trochilidae)
Synonym: colibri

Further reading

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

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