mauvis
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French mauvis, ultimately related to English mew (“gull”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mo.vi/
Noun
mauvis m (plural mauvis)
- redwing (bird)
- Synonyms: grive mauvis, merle mauvis
Derived terms
Further reading
- “mauvis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From older malvis, possibly related to mave, mauve (“gull”), borrowed from Old English mæw.
Noun
mauvis oblique singular, m (oblique plural mauvis, nominative singular mauvis, nominative plural mauvis)
- thrush (bird)
Descendants
References
- “mauvis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (malvis, supplement)