couteau
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
couteau (plural couteaus or couteaux)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “couteau”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old French coutel, from Latin cultellus, diminutive of culter (“knife, plough blade”). Not related to couper.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
couteau m (plural couteaux)
Derived terms[edit]
- à couper au couteau
- à couteaux tirés
- couteau à beurre
- couteau à cran d’arrêt
- couteau à fromage
- couteau à fruit
- couteau à huîtres
- couteau à pain
- couteau à palette
- couteau à poisson
- couteau à viande
- couteau de chasse
- couteau de chef
- couteau de cuisine
- couteau d’office
- couteau suisse
- enfoncer le couteau dans la plaie
- Nuit des Longs Couteaux
- remuer le couteau dans la plaie
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “couteau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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