sonnaille

French

Etymology

From Old French, borrowed from Franco-Provençal sonalye, from Vulgar Latin *sonācula pl.

Pronunciation

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Noun

sonnaille f (plural sonnailles)

1. cowbell

   Hypernym: clochette

References

• “sonnaille” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
• “sonnaille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sŏnare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 12: Sk–š, page 99 (see also footnote 16)