noun, feminine/a.lwɛt/plural: alouettes
lark (bird)
“C’est l’heure charmante où l’alouette s’élève dans le ciel, salue de ses trilles et de ses roulades le matin jeune, virginal et triomphant.” — It is the charming hour when the lark rises into the sky and salutes with its trilling and swirling song the young, virginal, and triumphant morning.
Related: alouette des champs, alouette hausse-col, alouette lulu, miroir aux alouettes
Inherited from Old French aloëte, diminutive aloe + -ette, from Latin alauda, from Gaulish *alawda (“skylark”).
interjection/a.lwɛt/
Used at the end of a long list of items; and a partridge in a pear tree
“Neurologue, pneumologue, plusieurs cardiologues, oto-rhino-laryngologiste, rhumatologue, spécialiste des maladies infectieuses, alouette : son quotidien est rythmé par les examens avec les nombreux spécialistes qui la suivent.” — Neurologist, pneumonologist, several cardiologists, ENT, rheumatologist, infectious disease specialist, and a partridge in a pear tree: the rhythm of her daily life is set by her appointments with the numerous specialists who are following her.
From Etymology 1, alluding to the French-Canadian folk song Alouette, a cumulative song with a lengthening list of body parts.