cascabelle

French

Alternative spelling

(obsolete) cascabel, cascabèle

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cascabel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kas.ka.bɛl/

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Noun

cascabelle f (plural cascabelles)

1. rattle (of a rattlesnake)

   Synonym: sonnette

   Hypernyms: bruiteur, organe

2. Synonym of crotale (“rattlesnake”)

See also

• serpent à sonnette

Further reading

• “cascabelle” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “cascabelle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Paronyms

• cascatelle