berceuse

Borrowed from French berceuse.

• IPA^(key): /bɛ˞ˈs(j)uz/
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  [bɛɻ̟ˈsyːz]

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berceuse (plural berceuses)

1. A lullaby.
   • 1980, Burgess, Earthly Powers

     What was in my mind as I waited for sleep and the engines thundered their ineffectual berceuse was the chapter, a brief one, about the Jews.

Borrowed from French berceuse.

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɛrˈsøː.zə/
• Hyphenation: ber‧ceu‧se
• Rhymes: -øːzə

berceuse f (plural berceuses)

1. (relatively formal, also figuratively) A lullaby, especially one composed by a composer.

   Synonyms: slaaplied, wiegelied

2. (formal, dated) rocking chair

   Synonym: schommelstoel

bercer +‎ -euse

• IPA^(key): /bɛʁsøz/

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berceuse f (plural berceuses)

1. cradler, someone who cradles or rocks a baby.
2. a lullaby
3. rocking chair

• berceur

• “berceuse” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).