avocette

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

avocette

word coined by Mathurin Jacques Brisson from the Venetian avosetta, probably composed of avis ('bird'), in Latin and Greek see sitta. In Italian, the form avocetta is a loanword from French.

Definition

oiseaux

Plural

avocettes

Translations

  • englishenglish:avocet
  • spanishspanish:avoceta
  • greekgreek:αβοκέτα
  • italianitalian:avocetta
  • portugueseportuguese:avoceta