/plœ.ʁœʁ/

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Translation

weeping (saule pleureur: weeping willow); (pleureuse, noun) mourner, a woman paid or chosen to weep at a funeral

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Grammar

Femininepleureuse
Masc pluralpleureurs
Fem pluralpleureuses

Examples

saule .

A weeping willow grows on the riverbank.

, .

In the parade, mourners pretend to weep for the carnival.

, .

In the past, hired mourners followed funerals.

.

The mourners wear black and wail very loudly.

cerisier .

My neighbour has planted a weeping cherry in his garden.

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