tourterelle

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

tourterelle

from Latin turturella (or turturilla), diminutive of turtur ('turtle dove'), which gave tourtre in Old French and 'tourte' from which the English word 'turtle' is directly derived (now synonymous with 'tortoise' but formerly 'turtle dove', a meaning that is maintained in the bird name 'turtle dove').

Definitions

zoologie

Plural

tourterelles

Translations

  • germangerman:Turteltaube
  • englishenglish:dove
  • chinesechinese:
  • spanishspanish:tórtola
  • greekgreek:τρυγόνι
  • italianitalian:tortora
  • japanesejapanese:ジュズカケバト
  • polishpolish:sierpówka
  • swedishswedish:turturduva