d'mouaîselle

Norman

Alternative forms

démouaîselle

Etymology

From Old French damoisele, from Vulgar Latin *domnicella, diminutive of Latin domina.

Noun

d'mouaîselle f (plural d'mouaîselles)

(Jersey) young lady
(Jersey) nursehound, large-spotted dogfish, greater spotted dogfish, bull huss (Scyliorhinus stellaris)
(Jersey) spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthius)
(Jersey) great tit (Parus major)

Synonyms

(Scyliorhinus stellaris): rousse, tchian d'mé
(Squalus acanthius): mataud, brotchet
(Parus major): bliu-bonnet

Derived terms

démouaîselle du Ouaisné (“Dartford warbler”)

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