malinjote

Champenois

Alternative forms

• marange
• malinjot
• marlinjote

Etymology

Inherited from Old French mesenge, masenge (“titmouse”), from Medieval Latin misinga and spelling variants, from Frankish *meisinga (“titmouse”) and variants. Cognate with French mésange, Walloon mazindje and Occitan mesenga.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ma.lɛ̃.ʒɔt/

Noun

malinjote f (plural malinjotes)

1. (Troyen) tit, chickadee, titmouse (any of a large number of small tree-dwelling passerine birds)

References

• Jean Daunay, Parlers de Champagne, 1998
• Baudouin, Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux (Ville-sous-la-Ferté), 1887