10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OEILS-DE-BOEUF»
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oeils-de-boeuf in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
oeils-de-boeuf and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
round or oval window (in a l'entrée n'était éclairée que par un oeil de wall or roof;
oeils de boeuf boeuf in the plural) pane, window (in a car) (of baisse la vitre, il fait
trop chaud dans la a slightly higher register voiture than carreau) fermer à clef ...
R. E. Batchelor, M. H. Offord, 1993
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The practical linguist ... the French language
In other senses, however, it forms the plural by taking s ; e. g., oeils-de-boeuf,
oeils-de-chat, oeils-de-perdrix, &c. A'ieul, meaning grand-parent, takes s ; thus,
aieuls : when meaning ancestors, it changes the I into x ; thus, aieux. VIII.
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BIBLIOGRAPHIE LINGUISTIQUE
DE L'ANNEE 1993/LINGUIS: ET ...
10076 Zwanenburg, Wiecher: Gabonais ou Gabonnaisl Oeils-de-boeuf ou oeils-
de-boeufsl : comment l'orthographe française n'a pas été réformée. — RHFB 63/4
, 1993, 146- 153. 9. PSYCHOLINGUISTICS — PSYCHOLINGUISTIQUE Bauer ...
Mark Janse, Sijmen Tol, 1996
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From Bonbon to Cha-cha: Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words ...
... or tissues of the body; dropsy. oeil-de-boeuf /oejdoboef/ noun plural oeils-de-
boeuf (pronounced same) M18 French (literally, 'ox-eye'). A small round window.
oesophagus /I'sufagas/ noun (also esophagus) LME Medieval Latin (ysophagus,
...
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Security, crime and segregation in West African cities since ...
... enclaves de modernité que constituent les cités comme celles de la Résidence
du Bénin et de l'aéroport (Nyassogbo, 1980), les propriétaires ou les locataires
commencent à équiper leurs maisons d'alarrnes sonores et d'oeils-de-boeuf.
Laurent Fourchard, Isaac Olawale Albert, Institut français de recherche en Afrique, 2003
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A French Grammar. To which is prefixed, An Analysis relating ...
Des oeils de boeuf: round or oval windows. Substantives compounded of the
adjectives, man, ma, met, are the following: MonÞeigneur Megeigneurs. . on ieur
e teurs. smgul" Madame plural Mesdames. Mademoiselle Mesdemoiselles.
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A Grammar of the French Language
Ayeul, a grandfather; ayeux, grandfathers. f Betail, cattle ; bestiaux, cattle. del,
heaven ; c ieux, heavens. CEiV, the eye ; yeux, eyes. v (des dels de lit,* testers of
a bed, ' \des oeils de boeuf, ovals. There are in French several compound words
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The Reformed Presbyterian magazine. Jan. 1855-July 1858, 1862-76
Goujon executed at the Louvre, for the sum of 737 livres (tour- nois), the greater
part of the figures which decorate the oeils-de-boeuf in the south-west angle of
the interior court ; the tops of the windows in the first floor ; the frieze, composed
of ...
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A New Method of Learning the French Language: Embracing Both ...
... cieiix, heavens. ciel Steterofabed; ., ( testers of beds. ' j sky of a picture; TM ]
skies of pictures. 1 Bal, ball ; camaval, carnival ; chacal, jackal ; regal, treat, follow
the general rule ceil, eye; yeux, eyes. oeil-de-bceuf, oval window oeils-de-boeuf^
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A French and English grammar
... des bestiaux, cattle. ail, garlic ; aulx, garlic. oeil, eye ; yeux, eyes. ciel, sky;
cieux, skies. Oeil, ciel, when used in a figurative sense, follow the general rule :
des oeils de boeuf, oval windows. des ciels de lits, bed testers. les ciels d'un
tableau ...
