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Webster 1913 Edition


Fauvette


Fauˊvette′

(fōˊvĕt′)
,
Noun.
[F., dim. fr.
fauve
fawn-colored.]
(Zool.)
A small singing bird, as the nightingale and warblers.

Definition 2024


fauvette

fauvette

English

Noun

fauvette (plural fauvettes)

  1. A small songbird, such as a nightingale or warbler.
    • 1853, James Rennie, Bird-architecture (page 287)
      On the other hand a young owl, which had as yet only been fed by hand, began of itself to eat by devouring a fauvette which was lodged with it.


French

Etymology

From fauve + -ette.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fovɛt/

Noun

fauvette f (plural fauvettes)

  1. warbler