pie-grièche
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First element is pie (“magpie”), from Latin pīca; second element usually considered to be a dialectal form of grecque (“Greek”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pie-grièche m (plural pies-grièches)
- shrike (bird)
Further reading[edit]
- “pie-grièche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.