oisel

Old French

Alternative forms
  • hoysel, oesel, oicel, oisal, oiseal, oiseaul, oiseel, oiseil, oisell, oiseul, oisil, oisseil, oissel, osel, ossel, oyseal, oysel, oysele, yseal

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin aucellus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ojˈzɛl/

Noun

oisel oblique singular, m (oblique plural oiseaus or oiseax or oisiaus or oisiax or oisels, nominative singular oiseaus or oiseax or oisiaus or oisiax or oisels, nominative plural oisel) (ornithology)

  1. bird
    • 1260–1267, Brunetto Latini, “Dou Fenix [On the phoenix]” (chapter 164), Book 5, in Livres dou Tresor [Book of Treasures]; republished as Polycarpe Chabaille, compiler, Li livres dou tresor par Brunetto Latini‎, Paris: Imprimerie impériale, 1863, page 214:
      Fenix est uns oisiaus en Arrabe dont il n’a plus que un sol en trestout le monde
      Phoenix is a bird in Arabia, of which there is no more than a single one in all the world
    1. (falconry) bird, falcon, hawk
      • 2009, Tony Hunt, Three Anglo-Norman Treatises on Falconry:
        Si voustre oysel est glettous [...].
        If your bird is voracious [...].
    2. chick

Descendants
  • Bourguignon: ouseâ
  • French: oiseau
  • Gallo: ouézai
  • Lorrain: ougeil, ougé (Barrois)
  • Norman: ouaîsé, ouésé; ouaîthé; weze
  • Picard: oisieu
  • Walloon: oujhea

References
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