eau
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English ea, eo, from Old English ēa (“running water, water, stream, river”), from Proto-Germanic *ahwō (“waters, river”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water, flowing water”). Doublet of aqua. Compare ea, yeo. Related to, and spelling influenced by, but not derived from French eau (“water”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /juː/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Homophones: ewe, u, yew, you; hew, hue, Hugh (h-dropping)
- Rhymes: -əʊ
Noun
[edit]eau (plural eaus)
- (Lincolnshire) Alternative form of ea
Usage notes
[edit]- Present in several river names in Lincolnshire. See List of waterways in Lincolnshire
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Bariai
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Ngero *i-om (compare Malalamai yu), although the precise form of this word, like Kove and Lusi veao, is unexplained.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]eau
Derived terms
[edit]- eau-eai (“in the water”) /eɑu.eɑi/, [ˈe̯ɑu̯.i̯ɑi̯]
References
[edit]- Steve Gallagher, Peirce Baehr, Bariai Grammar Sketch (2005)
- ^ Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988), page 164: PNg *i-om > Malai yom, Gitua yum, Malalamai yu (the forms Kove veao and Bariai eau are unexplained).
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle French eau, eaue, from Old French ewe, euwe, egua (“water”), from Latin aqua (“water”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water, flowing water”). Cognate with Old English ēa (“flowing water, stream, river”). More at ea.
See cognates in regional languages in France : Angevin ieau, Bourbonnais-Berrichon aigue or aïe, Bourguignon eâ, Champenois ève or 'aive, Franc-Comtois âve, Gallo iau, Lorrain aoue, Norman iâo, Orléanais iau, Picard ieu, Poitevin-Saintongeais ève, Franco-Provençal égoua and éva, Occitan aiga, Catalan aigua, Corsican acqua.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /o/
Audio; “de l'eau”: (file) - Rhymes: -o
- Homophones: au, aux, aulx, eaux, haut, hauts, ho, o, ô, oh, os
Noun
[edit]eau f (plural eaux)
- water, a liquid that is transparent, colorless, odorless, and tasteless in its pure form, the primary constituent of lakes, rivers, seas, and oceans
- Il buvait un verre d’eau fraîche.
- He drank a cool glass of water.
- L’eau de mer et l’eau de rivière n’ont pas la même teneur en sel et n’abritent donc pas les mêmes poissons.
- Sea water and river water do not have the same salt content and thus do not harbor the same fish.
- 1951, First Congress on Irrigation and Drainage. Transactions, volume 2, page 149:
- L’alteration de l′eau du lac par l’effect des courants du fond vers la surface semble s’expliquer par le fait, que le courant à densité avait une temperature plus élevée que les couches inférieures et moyennes du lac.
- The alteration of the lake's water by the effect of the current from the bottom to the surface seems to be explained by the fact that the density current had a higher temperature than the inferior and medium layers of the lake.
- In particular, rain
- Si le vent dure, nous aurons de l’eau.
- If the wind persists, we will have rain.
- (chemistry) the chemical compound with molecular formula H2O existing in the form of ice, liquid water or steam
- L’eau se durcit par le froid et se vaporise par la chaleur.
- Water hardens with cold and vaporises with heat.
- Natural liquid quantities or expanses
- Le soir, ils se baignaient dans les eaux du lac Titicaca.
- In the evening, they bathed in the waters of Lake Titicaca.
- Fluids such as sweat, formed and found in the body of man or animal
- Les vésicatoires font des ampoules pleines d’eau.
- Vesicants make blisters full of fluid.
- L’eau m’en vint à la bouche.
- That made my mouth water.
- Il s’est échauffé à courir, il est tout en eau.
- He warmed up to run. He's all sweaty.
Derived terms
[edit]- araignée d’eau
- au fil de l’eau
- bataille d’eau
- boire le vin de l’étrier
- canon à eau
- chasse d’eau
- chat échaudé craint l’eau froide
- château d’eau
- chien d’eau
- chute d’eau
- clair comme de l’eau de roche
- comme deux gouttes d’eau
- comme un poisson dans l’eau
- cours d’eau
- cycle de l’eau
- dégât des eaux
- eau à ressort
- eau à ressort
- eau de Cologne
- eau de Javel
- eau de mer
- eau de rose
- eau de Seltz
- eau de source
- eau de surface
- eau de surface
- eau de toilette
- eau de vaisselle
- eau douce
- eau du robinet
- eau dure
- eau gazeuse
- eau lourde
- eau micellaire
- eau minérale
- eau oxygénée
- eau pétillante
- eau plate
- eau régale
- eau tonique
- eaux grises
- eaux territoriales
- eaux usées
- eaux usées
- encens d’eau
- faire eau
- goutte d’eau dans l’océan
- iris d’eau
- jeter le bébé avec l’eau du bain
- la goutte d’eau qui fait déborder le vase
- ligne de partage des eaux
- marée de morte eau
- melon d’eau
- mettre l’eau à la bouche
- moulin à eau
- nager entre deux eaux
- ne pas avoir inventé l’eau chaude
- œufs dans l’eau
- pêcher en eau trouble
- perdre les eaux
- plan d’eau
- poche des eaux
- point d’eau
- porter de l’eau à la rivière
- poule d’eau
- prendre l’eau
- rat d’eau
- se jeter à l’eau
- se noyer dans un verre d’eau
- sortir la tête de l’eau
- suer sang et eau
- tant va la cruche à l’eau qu’à la fin elle se brise
- tant va la cruche à l’eau qu’à la fin elle se casse
- tempête dans un verre d’eau
- tirant d’eau
- tomber à l’eau
- vapeur d’eau
- vivre d’amour et d’eau fraiche
- voie d’eau
- y avoir de l’eau dans le gaz
Descendants
[edit]- Antillean Creole: dlo
- Guianese Creole: dilo
- Haitian Creole: dlo
- Karipúna Creole French: djilo, dlo
- Louisiana Creole: dilo
- Mauritian Creole: dilo
- Seychellois Creole: delo
- Tayo: delo, dolo
Further reading
[edit]- “eau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French euwe, ewe, egua, from Latin aqua.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- French: eau (see there for further descendants)
Romansch
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]eau (Puter)
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