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• Nom désignant une série de sons brefs et aigus ou un gazouillement, généralement émis par les oiseaux.

A noun referring to a series of short, high-pitched sounds or chirps, typically made by birds.

indénombrable

1. Series of chirpsA2formal

   A series of short, high-pitched sounds made by birds.

   Gazouillis d'oiseau

   • The morning twitter of sparrows woke me up.
   • We could hear the twitter of birds in the garden.
   • The forest was filled with the gentle twitter of finches.

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• Verbe désuet signifiant pousser de petits cris aigus ou une série de sons légers et vibrants, comme le fait un oiseau ; également utilisé au sens figuré pour décrire un bavardage nerveux ou excité.

An obsolete verb meaning to chirp or make a series of light, tremulous sounds, as a bird does; also used figuratively to describe nervous or excited chatter.

1. Bird soundA2formal

   To make a series of short, high-pitched sounds, as birds do.

   gazouiller

   • The sparrows twittered in the garden at dawn.
   • We could hear the birds twittering outside the window.
   • The finches twittered happily in their cage.

   Synonymescheepchirpchirruppeeppipetrilltweetwarble