sublèt

See also: sublet

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

seblë, sublë (Bressan) sublet (Comtois) siblet (Dauphinois) seblet, sublet (Savoyard) choblé (Valaisan) subllèt (ORB, narrow) chubyè, subiet (Fribourgeois) subieùt (Piemontais)

Etymology

From sublar (“to whistle”). Suffixed with -èt (diminutive ending).

Noun

sublèt m (plural sublèts) (ORB, broad)

1. whistle

References

• sifflet in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• subllèt in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

• ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France^[1] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 1232: “sifflet” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sībĭlare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 11: S–Si, page 566