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berceuse
[ French ber-²õ²Õ³ú ]
noun
Music.
plural berceuses
- a cradlesong; lullaby.
- a composition for instrument or voice, having a soothing, reflective character.
berceuse
/ ²úÉ›°ù²õø³ú /
noun
- a cradlesong or lullaby
- an instrumental piece suggestive of this, in six-eight time
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of berceuse1
C19: from French: lullaby, from bercer to rock
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"Impossible!" her vanity made reply, and the berceuse which she was playing assumed the character of a triumphal march.
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As she passed each corpse she knelt beside it and sang the foolish little berceuse that Poitou mothers sing to their babies.
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Doubtless she knew it too, as she sat there sewing on the frail garment which lay across her knee and singing blithely under her breath some air with cadence like a berceuse.
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I found him seated in a berceuse on the veranda.
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The plaintive melody of the berceuse rang in her ears on duty and off, till at last she could stand it no longer.
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