berceuse

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UK/bɛəˈsɜːz/UK/bɜː-/US/bɛɹˈsuz/

noun

A composition that resembles a lullaby, often in 6/8 time.

Similar
lullabycradlesong
OriginFrench berceuse →
UncommonScrabble 12
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Meanings

nounberceuse (plural berceuses)

plural berceuses

  1. entertainmentA composition that resembles a lullaby, often in 6/8 time.

    What was in my mind as I waited for sleep and the engines thundered their ineffectual berceuse was the chapter, a brief one, about the Jews.

    1980, Burgess, Earthly Powers

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep

Similar
lullabycradlesong
Broader
songvocal
Also see
lullaby

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchbercer
  2. Frenchberceuse
  3. Englishberceuse

Borrowed from French berceuse.

More words from French

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Dutch berceuse
  • berceusespecific type of lullaby
French berceuse
  • berceusespecific type of lullaby
German Bercöse, Wiegenlied
  • Bercösespecific type of lullaby
  • Wiegenliedspecific type of lullaby
Spanish canción de cuna
  • canción de cunaspecific type of lullaby
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APA

berceuse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/berceuse

MLA

“berceuse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/berceuse. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “berceuse,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/berceuse.

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