cascabelle

French

Alternative spelling

(obsolete) cascabel, cascabèle

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cascabel.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kas.ka.bɛl/
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Noun

cascabelle f (plural cascabelles)

rattle (of a rattlesnake)
Synonym: sonnette

Hypernyms: bruiteur, organe
Synonym of crotale (“rattlesnake”)

See also

serpent à sonnette

Further reading

“cascabelle” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
“cascabelle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Paronyms

cascatelle

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