sanglot

From Vulgar Latin *singluttus, a blend of gluttīre (“to swallow”) + Latin singultus (“a hiccup”). Compare French sanglot, Italian singhiozzo.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /səŋˈɡlot/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /saŋˈɡlot/

sanglot m (plural sanglots)

1. sob

• sanglotar
• singlot

• “sanglot” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Old French sangloit, singlot, from Vulgar Latin *singluttus, a blend of gluttīre (“to swallow”) + Latin singultus (“a hiccup”). Compare Catalan sanglot, Italian singhiozzo.

• IPA^(key): /sɑ̃.ɡlo/

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sanglot m (plural sanglots)

1. sob
   • 1866, Paul Verlaine, Arthur Symons, transl., Chanson d’automne [Autumn Song]‎:

     Les sanglots longs / Des violons / De l’automne / Blessent mon cœur / D’une langueur / Monotone.

     When a sighing begins / In the violins / Of the autumn-song, / My heart is drowned / In the slow sound / Languorous and long

• sanglotement
• sangloter

• “sanglot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• glosant