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loriot

Pronunciation: /lɔ.ʁjo/

“loriot” is a French word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. oriole

In French

  1. Oiseau de l’ordre des passereaux, à peu près de la grosseur d’un merle, au plumage d’un beau jaune pour le mâle, verdâtre pour la femelle (Oriolus oriolus).
  2. Orgelet appelé aussi compère-loriot, petit furoncle au bord de la paupière.
  3. Relatif à Lor, commune française située dans le département de l’Aisne.

Etymology

Earlier loriol, by rebracketing from Old French oriol, from Old Occitan auriol, from Latin aureolus (“golden”).

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