berceuse
/bɛːˈsəːz
/noun (plural berceuses pronounced same)
A lullaby.A few days ago a purple-green moon came out over the bluish mist of the Sierra Nevada and in front of my door a woman sang a berceuse that was like a golden streamer entangling the whole countryside....
- He also sang a Berceuse by Bonacorsi and, in Italian, Manons Reve.
- Surveys have demonstrated that playing soft music - particularly Mozart, singing a berceuse or having the steady musical rhythm of 'white noise' like a vacuity cleansing agent can halt a baby's teardrops.
Origin
French, from bercer 'to rock'.
Rhymes
- apiece
- a piece of ass (or tail)
- a piece of cake
- a piece of old tackie
- a piece of piss
- a piece (or slice) of the action
- a piece (or slice) of the pie
- a pig in a poke
- a pig of a ——
- Apis
- apish
- apishly
- apishness
- apitherapy
- APL
- a place in the sun
- aplanat
- aplanatic
- aplanospore
- aplasia
- aplastic
- aplastic anaemia
- a play on words
- aplenty
- aplite