alouette

American  

[a-lwet, a-loo-e-tuh, al-oo-et-uh, ah-loo-] / aˈlwɛt, a luˈɛ tə, ˌæl uˈɛt ə, ˌɑ lu- /

noun

plural

alouettes

1. French. a lark.

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

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Example Sentences

While both novels feature terrific and authentic detail about the rough confines Aleys and Alouette endure, the message beneath the descriptions is far more terrifying and authentic: for centuries, the fear of female agency and non-male approaches to power has led to deep trauma, not just for individual women, but for Western civilization itself.

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Just as Aleys’s mother passed on her passion for books and Alouette pursued her passion for beauty, Marte will carry on a passion for stories.

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Paula McLain’s new book, “Skylark,” spans several centuries in Paris, beginning in the 17th when Alouette Voland is sentenced to the Salpetrière asylum after protesting the arrest of her father, an expert fabric dyer, from prison, for the brilliant blue hue he has concocted — actually his daughter’s recipe, which contains dangerous arsenic.

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Alouette’s attempts to reclaim her work as her own instead of her father’s result in her consignment to Salpêtrière.

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While both novels feature terrific and authentic detail about the rough confines that Aleys and Alouette endure, the message beneath the descriptions is far more terrifying and authentic: For centuries, the fear of female agency and non-male approaches to power has led to deep trauma, not just for individual women, but for Western civilization itself.

From Los Angeles Times