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< /French bɛrˈsœz/. Music.
- a cradlesong; lullaby.
- a composition for instrument or voice, having a soothing, reflective character.
noun
- a cradlesong or lullaby
- an instrumental piece suggestive of this, in six-eight time
“cradle song,” 1876, from French berceuse “cradle-song, woman who rocks an infant,” from bercer “to rock” (Old French bercier “to rock” a child in a cradle, 12c.) + fem. agent suffix -euse.