eau
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Etymology [edit]
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
Pronunciation [edit]
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.
- Il buvait un verre d’eau fraîche.
- In particular, rain.
- Si le vent dure, nous aurons de l’eau.
- If the wind persists, we will have rain.
- Si le vent dure, nous aurons de l’eau.
- (chemistry) The chemical compound with empirical 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.
- L’eau se durcit par le froid et se vaporise par la chaleur.
- 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.
- Le soir, ils se baignaient dans les eaux du lac Titicaca.
- Fluids such as sweat, formed and found in the body of man or animal.
- Les vésicatoires font des ampoules pleines d’eau.
- L’eau vient à la bouche.
- Il s’est échauffé à courir, il est tout en eau.
- He warmed up to run. He's all sweaty.
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Middle French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Latin aqua
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Romansch [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin ego, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.
Pronoun [edit]
eau
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