Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The nightingale.

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Examples

  • "Un poète est un rossignol qui, assis dans l'obscurité, chante pour égayer de doux sons sa propre solitude."

    poesie - French Word-A-Day 2008

  • The first, Stravinsky's "Le chant du rossignol" -- a suite fashioned from his opera based on Hans Christian Andersen's tale "The Nightingale" -- is set at the court of the Chinese emperor.

    Xian Zhang leads lyrical Gil Shaham, richly intricate National Symphony Anne Midgette 2010

  • "Un poète est un rossignol qui, assis dans l'obscurité, chante pour égayer de doux sons sa propre solitude."

    French Word-A-Day: 2008

  • "Un poète est un rossignol qui, assis dans l'obscurité, chante pour égayer de doux sons sa propre solitude."

    French Word-A-Day: 2008

  • At Olargues, everyone inside the noisy restaurant is watching Barcelona play Real Madrid, while outside, the rossignol assails the night air.

    Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

  • At Olargues, everyone inside the noisy restaurant is watching Barcelona play Real Madrid, while outside, the rossignol assails the night air.

    Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

  • "Un poète est un rossignol qui, assis dans l'obscurité, chante pour égayer de doux sons sa propre solitude."

    French Word-A-Day: 2008

  • "Un poète est un rossignol qui, assis dans l'obscurité, chante pour égayer de doux sons sa propre solitude."

    poesie - French Word-A-Day 2008

  • Of course, my comrades Rossignol (rossignol. cream.org) and Walker (botherer. cream.org) who I nothing but love and respect for.

    Videogame Journalism 2006

  • Laustic means rossignol means nightingale and this is a Breton lai.

    Even in a little thing gillpolack 2006

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