Question 1

What does the French word "tirelire" mean?

Accepted Answer

First person singular indicative present of tirelirer.
Third person singular indicative present of tirelirer.
First person singular subjunctive present of tirelirer.
Third person singular subjunctive present of tirelirer.
Second person singular imperative of tirelirer.

Question 2

What is the etymology of thr French word "tirelire"?

Accepted Answer

likely an evocation of the jingling of coins or from Old French tirelire (see guéridon for a word that shifted from the abstract meaning of 'refrain' to a concrete and physical meaning). A possible Italian etymology: tira-lira (tirare 'to throw, take' and lire 'coin, lirette, libre').

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