rosalie

• IPA^(key): /ʁo.za.li/

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rosalie f (plural rosalies)

1. quadricycle
2. (World War I slang) bayonet
   • 2016, Jacques Tardi, Dominique Grange, Le dernier assaut, Bruxelles, Paris: Casterman, →ISBN, page 24:

     Dans le cas où l'adversaire n'avait pas été tué, la section en croix de cette saloperie infligeait des blessures redoutables… brave Rosalie !

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

• IPA^(key): /roˈza.lje/
• Rhymes: -alje
• Hyphenation: ro‧sà‧lie

Borrowed from Latin Rosālia, Rosāria, derived from rosa (“rose”).

• rosarie

rosalie f pl (plural only)

1. (historical, Ancient Rome) a funereal celebration consisting of a feast during which roses and other flowers were distributed

• rosalie in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

rosalie f

1. plural of rosalia