sauterie
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /so.tʁi/
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Noun
sauterie f (plural sauteries)
- hop (informal dance meeting)
- (by extension) ceremony, do
- 1999, Anna Gavalda, “Ambre”, in Je voudrais que quelqu'un m'attende quelque part, →ISBN:
- Paul Ackermann avait organisé une petite sauterie au studio « pour fêter ton prochain disque d’or », il avait dit, ce con.
- Paul Ackermann had organized a little do in the studio, "to celebrate your next gold record", he had said, the idiot.
Further reading
- “sauterie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French sauterie, salterie, borrowed from Late Latin psaltērium, from Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion). Doublet of sauter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌsau̯t(ə)ˈriː(ə)/, /ˈsau̯t(ə)riː(ə)/
Noun
sauterie
- A psaltery (lute-like string instrument)
- (rare) The Biblical book of Psalms; the section of the Bible containing psalms.
Descendants
- English: psaltery
References
- “sautrī(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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