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Berceuse

//bɛɹˈsuz// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A 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."

  2. 2
    a quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from French berceuse.

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