étiage

French

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin aestīvāticum, from Latin aestīvus (“relating to summer”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

étiage m (plural étiages)

1. lowest water level (of a river course)

Descendants

• → Catalan: estiatge
• → Spanish: estiaje

Further reading

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