pie-grièche

French

Etymology

First element is pie (“magpie”), from Latin pīca; second element usually considered to be a dialectal form of grecque (“Greek”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pi.ɡʁi.jɛʃ/
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Noun

pie-grièche m (plural pies-grièches)

shrike (bird)

Further reading

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

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