tourtereau
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Latin turturellus (or turturillus), both diminutives of turtur (“turtle (archaic), turtle dove, turtledove”).
Noun[edit]
tourtereau m (plural tourtereaux)
- baby turtle dove (turtledove)
- (chiefly in the plural) lovebird
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Further reading[edit]
- “tourtereau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.