Dictionary of Louisiana Creole

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  • use "an" for /ã/ ← an, am, en, em
  • use "on" for /ɔ̃/ ← on, om
  • use "in" for /ɛ̃/ ← in, im
• Parts of Speech abbreviation correspondences:
  • adj. = Adjective
  • adv. = Adverb
  • adv.phr. = Adverbial Phrase
  • art.def. = Definite Article
  • art.indef. = Indefinite Article
  • conj. = Conjunction
  • dem. = Demonstrative
  • det. = Determiner
  • det.poss. = Possessive Determiner
  • f. = Feminine
  • int. = Interjection
  • interr.phr. = Interrogative Phrase
  • m. = Masculine
  • n. = Noun
  • n.phr. = Noun Phrase
  • num.card. = Cardinal Number
  • num.ord. = Ordinal Number
  • onom. = Onomatopoeia
  • pl. = Plural
  • place n. = Place Name
  • prep. = Preposition
  • pron. = Pronoun
  • pron.indef. = Indefinite Pronoun
  • pron.refl. = Reflexive Pronoun
  • pron.rel. = Relative Pronoun
  • prop.n. = Proper Noun
  • ptcl. = Preverbal Particle
  • sg. = Singular
  • v. = Verb
  • v.aux. = Auxiliary Verb
  • v.cop. = Copular Verb
  • v.intr. = Intransitive Verb
  • v.mod. = Modal Verb
  • v.phr. = Verb Phrase
  • v.refl. = Reflexive Verb
  • v.tr. = Transitive Verb
• Sources abbreviation correspondences (post-1960):
  • gen = (BT + CA + NE + PC + ST)
  • AN = Ancelet 1994
  • BT = Bayou Teche, field data
  • CA = Côte des Allemands, field data
  • DC = Clifton 1980
  • DT 77 = Tentchoff 1977
  • GY = Guidry, Richard
  • HW = Hebert Wiltz
  • MO 60 = Morgan 1960
  • MO 69 = Morgan 1969
  • MO 72 = Morgan 1972
  • NE = Neumann 1985
  • PC = Pointe Coupee, field data
  • ST = Saint Tammany, field data
  Sources abbreviation correspondences (pre-1960):
  • BD = Broussard 1942
  • BI = Bienvenu 1933
  • BO = Bourgeois 1927
  • DU = Durand 1930
  • FO T# = Fortier 1895
  • FO 1887 = Fortier 1887
  • GC1 = Cable 1886a
  • GC2 = Cable 1886b
  • JR = Jarreau 1931
  • KB = Krehbiel 1962
  • LA = Lavergne 1930
  • ME = Mercier 1881
  • ME 90 = Mercier 1890
  • ME 91 = Mercier 1891
  • PE = Perret 1933
  • T# = Neumann 1987 Text # (T12–T17 are satirized Creole, use with caution)
  • TM = Marie Augustin
  • TN = Tinker 1935
  • TP = Trappey 1916
  • WO = Marguerite Wogan

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• sorgo PC ( n. ) sorgo CA, PC
  1. Sorghum; sorgo.
     Nou te konnen plante sa, ye pi gen sa, sorgo. Ye fe dèsik ave sa. We used to plant that, but there isn’t any of that any more, sorghum. They made sugar out of it. (PC); Ye plant sorgo kòm dukann. Sa gen de may e to kapab sise sa. They plant sorghum like sugar cane. It has segments and you can suck on them. (CA) See examples
• soshèt CA, ST ( n. )
  1. Sock; chaussette. REM: In some parts of CA, this term refers only to women’s socks, and men’s socks are called soshan.
• sosi PC ( n. )
  1. Pillowcase; taie d’oreiller.
• sosis CA, PC ( n. )
  1. Sausage; saucisse.
     Aben to kònè ka to fe en gòmbo fevi, to ka me sosis, chevret... Well, you know when you make an okra gumbo, you can put in sausage, shrimp... (PC); Poufe sosis, to netwaye letrip e to boure li. To make sausage, you clean the tripe and you stuff it. (CA) ♦ No va gaingnain boudin, saucisse et zandouillete, et tou ça vo lainmain. We will have boudin, sausage and chitterlings, everything that you like. (T20) REM: On CA, a sosis is short and a sosison is long. See examples
• sosison CA ( n. )
  1. Sausage; saucisse, saucisson.
     ♦ Qué qualité saussisson to acheté? Mo moune yé jis mangé saussisson dé Lyon? What kind of sausage do you buy? My family only eats sausage from Lyon. (WO) See examples
• sosyété PC ( n. ) sosyété PC lasosyèté CA, PC
  1. Benevolent society; association.
     Se kan to tòm malad, e kan to mouri, e to lasosyète se li ki antèr twa. When you fall sick, or when you die, your benevolent society will have you buried. (PC) ♦ La palé gaignin ain bel l'enterrement... Li té dan troi société. She is going to have a beautiful funeral. She was in three societies. (WO) See examples
  2. Party, social gathering; fête. •fe sosyete
     v.phr. (PC); fe sosyete (PC). To throw a party, entertain guests; faire la fête, recevoir des invités. Mo te konnen fe plen sosyete...Blan konm nwa te vyen asi an mo latab manje ganmbo. I used to throw parties regularly...Whites and blacks alike would come to sit at my table and have gumbo. (PC) See examples
• sosé CA ( v.tr. )
  1. To dip, dunk, wet; tremper, mouiller.
     Mo pran mo dipen e mo sose li dan mo lasòs pou wa si li te ase sezònen. I take my bread and I dip it in my sauce to see if it’s seasoned enough. (CA) ♦ Lapé saucer di pain dans dileau. He is dipping bread in water. (PE) See examples
• sot CA, MO 60, ST ( adj. )
  1. Silly, foolish; sot, mais.
     Li sot kòm mo pa konen ki. He’s silly as can be. (CA) ♦ Quand Méricains sortis là-bas dans yé pays, yé sembe des moun qui sotte. When the Americans leave their own land, they look like foolish people. (T27) •Jan Sot proper n. Foolish John (folktale character); Jean Sotte (personnage dans les contes), cf. Jan See examples
• sotayé CA, PC ( v.intr. )
  1. To jump around; sautiller.
     Men kokorbye men sa sa min, sotaye sotaye sotaye diferon monyen. But bucking means jumping around in all different directions. (PC); Mo te di li, Arete sotaye '. La, li tonbe e li fe li mal. I had told him to stop jumping around. Now, he has fallen and hurt himself. (CA) See examples
• soté gen ( v., v.intr., v.tr. ) sot PC sot MO 60
  1. To jump; sauter.
     Youkoun t ape sote ho konm sa-leu. Youkoune was jumping this high. (BT); Ye sot apre twa. They (the turtles) jump along after you. (PC); To brav pou ale sote dan dolo pou sove so lavi. Li t ap neye. You’re brave to go jump in the water to save his life. He was drowning. (CA); Li sote on latab. He jumped up on the table. (ST) ♦ Tous macacs lé yé en ba nabe parti ri yé t apé joué, dansé, sauté, poussé des cris. All the monkeys under the tree began to laugh, they were playing, dancing, jumping and shouting. (T25) See examples
  2. To twitch; clignoter, se contracter nerveusement.
     Mo zyeu gòj ap sote. Mo petèt ale touche en ta lajon. My left eye is twitching. Maybe I’ll come into a lot of money. (BT)To jump over; sauter par-dessus. ♦ Mo té parlé comme ça dans temps qué mo té jène, quand mo sauté barrière dans verger mo nainnaine. I used to talk like that when I was young, when I jumped the fence in my grandma’s orchard. (T27) •sote lakòd v.phr. (PC). To jump rope; sauter à la corde, sotrèl n. Grasshopper; sauterelle. Li dit, «mo va, quand li parti, sauterelle, commencer mettre du manger à côté. ‘‘ He said, «I'm going to, when the grasshopper leaves, start putting food aside.» (AN T15) See examples
• sou CA, PC ( adj. )
  1. Drunk; soûl, ivre.
     Pito marche drwat, li t ape fe zigzag. Li dwaz èt sou. Rather than walking straight, he was zigzagging back and forth. He must be drunk. (CA) ♦ Ye bwa plis onkò jiska ye te sou moriv. They drank even more until they were dead drunk. (JR) See examples
  2. Dizzy; étourdi.
     Kan mo bèse e mo vyen pou leve, mo sou. When I crouch down and I start to get up, I’m dizzy. (CA) See examples
• sou CA, MO 60, PC ( n. )
  1. Cent, penny; sou, centime, centième partie d’un dollar.
     To kònen sa en PINT wiski te kout? Senkant sou. You know how much a pint of whiskey used to cost? Fifty cents. (PC); Mo dòn li di sou pou achte lagom. I gave him ten cents to buy gum. (CA) ♦ An rantran segon Arichmenn tannde konmi-la mannde en pratik, «Pou di sou moutard? « Upon going in, the second Irishman heard the clerk ask a customer, «You want ten cents of mustard?» (JR) See examples
• sou PC ( n. )
  1. Drunkard; ivrogne, soûlard.
• sou No sources ( prep. )
  1. Under; sous.
     ♦ Mo té même l'envie caché sous lasémelle de mo botte. I even wanted to hide under the sole of my shoe. (T38) See examples
• soudèr BT, CA, PC ( n. ) soudèr BT
  1. Welder; soudeur.
     Me sète an fèr. Mo SMOKEHOUSE m angaje en soudèr pou fe li. But it was made of iron. My smokehouse, I hired a welder to make it. (BT) See examples
• soudé BT, CA, PC ( v.tr. )
  1. To weld; souder.
     Mon pran en tiyo, mon koup tiyo o mwen si pous di lon, e la, mon me en bwò d fèr anndan l tiyo e mon soud enn. Mo va soude trwò disu le kouvèr. I take a pipe, I cut a piece at least six inches long, and then, I put an iron rod in the pipe and I weld it. I weld three of them on the cover. (BT); Mèn sa pou Nonk CAP soude lalanm-la e lamanch-la ansanm. Bring that so Uncle Cap can solder the blade and the handle together. (CA) See examples
• souf CA ( n. ) disouf PC
  1. Sulfur; soufre.
     Se konm en disouf. It’s like a sulfate. (PC); To me souf andan lagrès poul-la. Sa geri. You put sulfur in chicken grease. It heals. (CA) ♦ [Pou] de emòrvid, pronn en demi liv lakrenm tart , en demi liv flè souf mele ye onsonm. met en kirelye di souf e di tart mele. For hemorrhoids, take a half pound of cream of tartar, a half pound of flours of sulfur, and mix them together. Put a teaspoon of sulfur and tartar together. (BI) See examples
• souf CA, PC ( n. ) lésouf ST lasouf PC
  1. Breath; souffle, haleine.
     L e pron en gro souf She takes a deep breath. (PC); Li pran so deryen lesouf. Li mouri. He took his last breath. He died. (ST) • pran lesouf v.phr. (ST). To breathe; respirer, •san souf adj.phr. (ST). Out of breath; essoufflé, hors d’haleine. •trape (so) souf v.phr. (CA). To catch one’s breath; reprendre haleine. Mo kouri vit e m ape trape mo souf. I ran fast and I’m catching my breath. (CA) •tchombo (so) lasouf v.phr. (PC). To hold one’s breath; retenir son souffle. To te gen tchombo to lasouf si lantan. You had to hold your breath for so long. (PC) •(So) souf kout. exp. (PC). He is short of breath; Il est court d’haleine. See examples
• souflé CA ( n. )
  1. Pipe (of an organ); tuyau d’orgue.
     Chantèz-ye chante desi tribin-la an aryèr legliz-la. Se la ye joue lor avèk tou le gro soufle. The singers sang in the choir loft in the back of the church. That’s where they played the organ with all the big pipes. (CA) See examples
• souflé CA, NE, PC ( v.intr. ) soufl PC souf NE
  1. To breathe; souffler, respirer.
     Li p ape soufle byen. He doesn’t breathe well. (PC); Li te pa kapab soufle an li-mèm. Ye te gen p dòn li oksijèn pou li soufle. He couldn’t breathe on his own. They had to give him oxygen so he could breathe. (CA) ♦ [Pou] koklich ti bebe, fe en jumon ki gen en ti poulen soufle don so figir. For a baby’s whooping cough, get a mare with a colt to breathe in its face. (BI) See examples
  2. To blow (of wind, of a whistle, etc.); souffler.
     Sa-fe kon le von-d-nòr komonse soufle, le zwa e kanar se pase. When the North wind started to blow, the geese and ducks went by. (NE); Li te gen kòm en lakòn en lavach ye, ye te soufl an sa, kòm ye fe e gita-ye. He had something like a cow horn, they would blow into that, just like they play a guitar. (PC); Kekfwa kan no manje tro cho, no gen pou soufle an li pou rafredi li. Sometimes when our food is too hot, we have to blow on it to cool it off. (CA) ♦ Cété divent, vous connin, qui tapé soufflé et rémié lamer. It was the wind, you know, that was blowing and stirring up the sea. (FO T20) See examples
  3. To whistle; siffler.
     Mo tànde soufle-la soufle yè. I heard the whistle blow yesterday. (PC) See examples
• souflémantèr No sources ( adj. )
  1. Supplementary; supplémentaire.
     ♦ »Michié Sommelair voté ein Bile Souflémentair pou asté venne cin sang boâte di nouâ et sang saintkantevin broce à souyé pou exékucioné Bile cilala. Mr. Sommelair voted for a supplementary bill to buy 25 boxes of nuts, and 170 shoe brushes to execute that bill. (T16) See examples
• soufèr CA, NE, PC, ST ( v.intr. ) soufri PC souf MO 60, NE soufè CA
  1. To suffer; souffrir.
     Ye kit pa mo soufri pou aryen. They don’t let me suffer for anything. (PC); Mo t ape soufèr avèk lechin dan mo do. Mo te gen mal o do. I was suffering with the spine in my back. I had a backache. (CA); Nouzòt soufèr avèk nou palèt: Li tonbe e li te vini gonfle. We suffered with our palate. It fell and it would get swollen. (ST) ♦ Oh! oui , mapé souffri boucou , vous oua c'est Compair Lapin qui poisonin moin. Oh, yes, I’m suffering a lot, you see it’s Brer Rabbit who poisoned me. (FO T1) •soufri martir v.phr. To suffer greatly; souffrir le martyre. ♦ Caroline té gagnin colic ki té fé li soufri martir. Caroline had a colic that made her suffer greatly. (ME) See examples
• soukoup CA ( n. ) sikoup PC sékoup ST
  1. Saucer; soucoupe.
     Ena moun ki vid ye kafe dan en soukoup en peu a la fwa e ye bwa li kòm sa. There are people who empty their coffee into a saucer a little at a time and they drink it like that. (CA) •Kraze de grenn mountard don dolo ked. La to met li don en soukoup. Crush some mustard seeds in warm water. Then put it in a saucer. (BI) See examples
• soukouyar PC ( n. ) soukouya CA
  1. Pecan harvester, machine which shakes pecan trees to make the pecans fall; secoueur de pacanier, machine qui secoue les pacaniers pour faire tomber les pacanes.
     Soukouya-la gen de lonng pèrch pou soukouye de branch pou jte pakann portè. The pecan harvester has long poles to shake the branches to knock the pecans down. (CA) See examples
• soukouyé CA, NE, PC ( v., v.tr., v.intr. ) sekouy PC sœkouyé PC soukouyè PC sékwé ST
  1. To shake; secouer.
     Tou le maten pran lœ baton e sœkouye byen lapayas kòm sa. Every morning, take the stick and shake the mattress well like that. (PC) ♦ Yé monté on nabe, mais géants jisse soucouyé nabe la et pove garçon yé tombé. They climbed the tree, but the giants just shook the tree and the poor boys fell. (FO T22) •soukouye latèt v.phr. (NE; PC). To shake one’s head; hocher, secouer la tête. Li soukouye so latet. He shook his head. (PC) •Li soucoué so latête. He shook his head. (BD)1. To shake, tremble; secouer, trembler. Piti-a te e soukouye . The child was shaking, trembling. (PC); Kan manifaktir-la èksploze, lamezon soukouye. When the factory exploded, the house shook. (CA) ♦ Ye sécoué vite mais pas assez vite pou pécher la plume en haut yé la téte bruler jisqua la peau. They shook themselves off quickly, but not fast enough to keep the feathers on top of their heads from burning down to the skin. (FO T6) 2. To wiggle; secouer, gigoter. •Li assite on n’escalier apé gardé so zorteilles. Soucouyé, soucouyé', pove quichoge, li dit. He sat on the stairs to look at his toes. ‘Wiggle, wiggle, poor little things,’ he said. (FO T20) See examples
• soulajé CA ( v.intr. ) soulaj CA
  1. To soothe, relieve; soulager.
     Mo gen lakonstipasyon tou-l-tan. Mo gen pou pran kekchoz pou soulaje man. I’ve got constipation all the time. I have to take something to relieve myself. (CA) ♦ Sa soulaje li plen. That relieved him a lot. (JR) See examples
• soular CA ( n. ) soula CA, PC soulard ST
  1. Drunkard; soûlard, ivrogne.
     Li bwa tro. Li soular. He drinks too much. He is a drunkard. (CA); Mon nonk te en soula. My uncle was a drunkard. (PC) See examples
• soulvé No sources ( v.tr. )
  1. To raise, lift; soulever.
     ♦ Moin mo va soulever branche derrière et na va porté li dans place ou mo gagnin pou fait mo cabane. I will lift up a branch and we will carry it to the place where I will build my house. (FO T3) See examples
• soulyé CA, PC, ST ( n. ) souyé CA, PC souliyé CA
  1. Shoe; chaussure, soulier.
     Souye, nou tou te pa ka gen souye. We couldn’t all have shoes. (PC); Kan no t ape jwe ti madanm, no mèt de gro soulye e talon, de long rob e en tabliye. When we played house, we put on big high-heeled shoes, long dresses and an apron. (CA) ♦ Quand yé vini comme ça tous neg yé galopé acheté souyés, débas, couvertes pou yé vlopé. When they come in like that, all the blacks went to buy shoes, stockings and blankets to cover themselves with. (T27) •ranjè souye n.phr. Shoemaker, shoe repairman; cordonnier. cf. ranjè See examples
  2. Horseshoe; fer à cheval. (PC)
• soulé CA, MO 60, PC ( v., v.intr., v.tr. )
  1. To get drunk; se soûler, s’enivrer.
     Si nou soule isit esk enan en plas pou nou dormi isit aswò? If we get drunk here, is there room for us to sleep here tonight? (PC) ♦ Chaque fois li té gagnin la chance li té soulé li bien. Every time he had the chance he got really drunk. (FO T15)To make drunk; soûler. Ven lamèriz, sa va dòn twa anvi dòrmi osit. Sa va soule twa si to bwa tro. Cherry wine will make you feel sleepy too. It will get you drunk if you drink too much of it. (CA); Mo soule mwen. I got drunk. (MO 60) ♦ Ça fait fomme-la donne yé plein manger et li donne so mari douze bouteilles divin pou’ saouler li. So the woman gave them a lot to eat, and she gave her husband twelve bottles of wine to get him drunk. (BD) See examples
• soumarouba No sources ( n. )
  1. Simarouba; simarouba. (Genus Simaruba).
     ♦[Pou] ladipteri, pronn di ven lakanel e bouyi sa avek di soumarouba. For diptheria, take some cinnamon wine and boil it with simarouba. (BI) See examples
• soupir CA ( n. )
  1. Sigh; soupir.
     ♦ Li commencin poussé soupir. He began to sigh. (T37) 2, Breath; haleine, souffle. Li pran so dèryen soupir. Mo konen li te mouri. He took his last breath. I knew he had died. (CA) See examples
• soupson No sources ( n. )
  1. Suspicion; soupçon.
     ♦ Mais mo té pas gagnin soupçon, qué blancs té vini si rigide. But I never suspected that whites had become so rigid. (T38) See examples
• soupé CA, MO 60, PC, ST ( n. )
  1. Supper, dinner; souper, dîner.
     To manj trwa repa par jou? Dejœnen, dmen e soupe. Do you eat three meals a day? Breakfast, lunch and supper. (PC); Mo fe en friko patat pou manje aswa pou soupe. I made a potato stew to eat tonight for dinner. (CA) ♦ Fe di fé, mo piti, pou tchoui soupé. Make a fire, my child, for cooking dinner. (T30) See examples
  2. Dish made of grilled inner organs; plat composé d’abats grillés.
     En kicho ye pel larat ki dan to lèstoma, e dan lèstoma en betay. To ka kwi sa osi. To pel sa en soupe. A thing they call your spleen which is in your stomach and in an animal’s stomach. You can cook it too, they call that a soupe. (PC) See examples
• soupé MO 60, NE, PC ( v.intr. ) soup PC
  1. To have supper, have dinner; souper, dîner.
     Mo se soupe, mo se kouri kouche. I used to have supper and then I went to bed. (PC) See examples
• sour CA, PC ( adj. ) soud PC
  1. Deaf; sourd.
     Li tan pa. Li sour. He can’t hear. He’s deaf. (PC) ♦ Pététe li sourd, dit quisiniére la, anon fait ein trou dans so zoreille. ‘Perhaps he’s deaf,’ said the cook. ‘Let’s make a hole in his ear.’ (FO T21) See examples
• sour-é-mèt CA ( n.phr. )
  1. Deaf-mute; sourd-muet.
     Li parl pa. Li mèt. Se en sour-e-mèt. He doesn’t talk. He’s mute. He is a deaf-mute. (CA) See examples
• souri CA ( n. )
  1. Mouse; souris.
     Enave de souri dan mo lamezon e mo te mèt de ti latrap souri e mo te trape ye. There were mice in my house, and I put out little mouse traps and I caught them. (CA) ♦ Zans boutik yé apé guété en ho ca com chate guété souri. People who run stores lie in wait like a cat waiting for a mouse. (T17) See examples
• souri-shòd PC ( n. ) souri-syòl CA
  1. Bat; chauve-souris.
     En souri-syòl, sa sanm en souri me li fe tou so trafik avèk so lake. A bat resembles a mouse but he moves around with his tail. (CA) See examples
• sourié No sources ( v.intr. )
  1. To smile; sourire.
     Si mo sè caparer ein ti brin di to l'amou, seigneur, mo sè fait danser tout moun mo connais, chanter, ri sourié danser et jamais plus brailler. If I hoarded a little bit of your love, Lord, I would make everyone that I know dance, sing, laugh smile and never cry again. (DC) ♦. Alorse compair Lapin salié lé roi é li vini metté la chaîne l’or dan so cou é pi li assite on coté é li souri . Brer Rabbit bowed to the king and put the gold chain around his neck and then he sat down on one side smiling. (FO 1887) See examples
• sours CA, ST ( n. ) soud PC sous PC
  1. Spring; source.
     La èna tou kalite de soud ki e jète dolo dan pi-la. There are all kinds of springs which are shooting water into the well. (PC); Kan to trouv dolo dan latè, se en sours. When you find water in the earth, it’s a spring. (CA) See examples
• soush No sources ( n. )
  1. Stubble (of sugar cane); souche (de la canne à sucre).
     ♦ C’est mois...où souche l'année passée commencé marqué rang. That’s the month...when last year’s stubble begins to come up in rows. (T27) See examples
• sousi-zyé CA, PC ( n. ) sousi PC
  1. Eyebrow; sourcil.
     To sousi-zye. Your eyebrows. (PC) See examples
  2. Eyelid; paupière.
     To sousi-zye. Your eyelids. (PC) See examples
• souskripsyon No sources ( n. )
  1. Subscription; abonnement.
     ♦ Si ça va pa vou, ma seyé pou fé ein souchripchion dan ein lot magnère. If it’s okay with you, I will try to get a subscription in some other way. (T17) See examples
• souskriptœr No sources ( n. )
  1. Subscriber; abonné.
     ♦ Souscripteurs capab allé réclamé yé l'argent. Subscribers can go claim their money. (T34) See examples
• soutindè CA, PC ( n. )
  1. Saddle blanket; housse de cheval, couverture de cheval.
     Ye ote lasenl on so chval ye pran so soutendè, ye fe enn orye. They took the saddle off the horse, they took his blanket and made a pillow. (PC) See examples
• soutni No sources ( v.tr. )
  1. To hold up, support; soutenir, appuyer.
     ♦ Courant la té si fort ça té souteni li bien. The current was so strong that it held him up well. (FO T15) See examples
• soutyin No sources ( n. )
  1. Support; soutien.
     ♦Ma gagnain soutchien la Louisiane. I have the support of Louisiana. (GC3) See examples
• soutèrin MO 60 ( n. )
  1. Basement, underground passage; sous-sol, passage souterrain.
• souvan CA, MO 60, PC, ST ( adv. ) souvon PC, NE
  1. Often; souvent.
     Ye vyen pa malad osi souvan. Tanm myen! They don’t get sick as often. So much the better! (PC) ♦ Compair Lapin souvent té ménin li pou fait paillasse avec li. Compair Lapin often took Bouki with him to make fun of him. (FO T1) •souvant fwa adv.phr. (BT; CA). Often, oftentimes ; souvent. Souvant jwa, wèl, n a pa osi lonton ki sa, pitèt dis kenz an pase, chkonne leu moun k ète stil prann de ben an enn bay. Often, well not so long ago as that, maybe fifteen years ago, I knew people who still took baths in oldtime tubs. (BT) See examples