Poisson

/ pwasɔ̃ /

noun

1. PoissonSiméon Denis17811840MFrenchSCIENCE: mathematician Siméon Denis (simeɔ̃ dəni). 1781–1840, French mathematician, noted for his application of mathematical theory to physics, esp electricity and magnetism

Example Sentences

Il y a nombre infini de ruisseaux au Port Royal, entre lesquels sont trois ou quatre o vient foison le poisson au renouveau.

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Ils y allerent, & leur fit Membertou (qui estoit cabann l) bonne chere, de chair & de poisson.

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Quand l'hiver fut pass, & que la douceur du temps allecha le poisson rechercher les eaux douces, on dpecha 170 des gens le 14.

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And Mlle. Poisson records that she "showed most remarkable taste and invariably opposed to the mode of the time."

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In France the party fooled is called un poisson d'avril, 'an April fish'; in Scotland, a 'gowk', or cuckoo.

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