bayou

English

Alternative forms

• byo (obsolete)

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Cajun French bayou, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Choctaw bayuk (“creek”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪ.uː/, /ˈbaɪ.oʊ/

Noun

bayou (plural bayous)

1. A slow-moving, often stagnant creek or river.
2. A swamp, a marshy (stagnant) body of water.

Usage notes

• Used almost exclusively to refer to bodies of water in Louisiana and the adjoining areas, including southern Mississippi, eastern Texas, Arkansas and Florida.

Translations

slow-moving creek or swamp

• Finnish: lutakko
• French: bayou (fr) m, marécages (fr) m pl
• Italian: acquitrino (it) m, ramo paludoso m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: brejo (pt) m
• Spanish: pantano (es) m, pantanos (es) m pl

Anagrams

• Ayoub, Yoabu, boyau

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Choctaw bayuk (“creek”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ju/
• Rhymes: -ju

Noun

bayou m (plural bayous)

1. a stagnant body of water left behind by the meandering of the Mississippi River in Louisiana or elsewhere; a bayou