moineau

English

Etymology

French

Noun

moineau (plural moineaus)

1. (fortifications) A small flat bastion, raised in the middle of an overlong curtain.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “moineau”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Eunomia, aeonium

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French moinel, equivalent to moine (because of its plumage) + -eau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mwa.no/

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Noun

moineau m (plural moineaux)

1. sparrow
2. (fortifications) (type of) small bastion

Synonyms

• (sparrow): piaf

Derived terms

• manger comme un moineau
• moineau domestique
• moineau franc

Further reading

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