Grammatical class

Noun

rossignol

nightingale

Details

Syllables

ros-si-gnol

Phonetics

ʁo.si.ɲɔl

Grammatical class

Noun

Freq. (books)

19683

Freq. (movies)

11381

Freq. (news)

14718

Sentences

Elle chante comme un rossignol.

She sings like a nightingale.

A1

J'ai entendu un rossignol japonais.

I heard a Japanese nightingale.

A1

Chaque soir un rossignol chantait pour nous.

Each evening, a nightingale sang for us.

A1

Le rossignol chante dans l'arbre.

The nightingale sings in the tree.

A2

C'était l'alouette, le héraut du matin, aucun rossignol.

It was the lark, the herald of the morn, no nightingale.

B1

Ce dernier, ayant remarqué que les marchandises démodées, les rossignols, s’enlevaient d’autant plus rapidement que la guelte donnée aux commis était plus forte, avait basé sur cette observation un nouveau commerce.

He, having noticed that the outdated merchandise, the junk, shifted more quickly the higher the commission that the shop assistants were given, had based a new business on this observation.

C2