alouette

[a-lwet, a-loo-e-tuh, al-oo-et-uh, ah-loo-]

noun

plural

alouettes 

1. French.,  a lark.

2. (initial capital letter),  a French children's song for group singing.

Example Sentences

In the course of Norman Reedus’ wandering hunter escorting a supposed Messiah and a pair of nuns through zombie-infested France, they come to be hosted by a community of children in “Alouette.”

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The Alouette II helicopter flew off and it was all over in a matter of minutes.

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Mr. Hadfield said Canada’s ties to the American space program go back decades, to the launch of the Canadian-built Alouette 1 satellite on an American rocket.

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I only regret that, just as he moved from “L’Alouette Lulu” into the classic, slowly unwinding first bars of Beethoven’s “Moonlight” Sonata, I accidentally turned off my phone.

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In 1962, Canada joined the space age as it launched the Alouette 1 satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

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