hideux
French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French hideux, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French hideus, hydus, hisdos (“that which inspires terror”), from hide, hede, hisda (“horror, fear”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Frankish *egisda, egisida (“terror, fright”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *agisiþō (“horror, terror”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *agisōną (“to frighten, terrorise”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *agaz (“terror, fear”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *ag(')h- (“to frighten”). Cognate with Old High German egisa, egidī (“horror”), Old English egesa (“fear, dread”), Gothic 𐌰𐌲𐌹𐍃 (agis, “fear, terror”).
Alternative etymology cites possible derivation from Latin hispidosus (“rugged”), from hispidus (“rough, bristly”), yet the semantic evolution is more difficult to trace.
Pronunciation
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /i.dø/
hideux: (file) - Rhymes: -ø
Adjective
hideux (feminine hideuse, masculine plural hideux, feminine plural hideuses)
See also
Further reading
- “hideux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Alternative forms
Adjective
hideux m (feminine singular hideuse, masculine plural hideux, feminine plural hideuses)
Descendants
- French: hideux
- French terms derived from Middle French
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms derived from Frankish
- French terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- French terms with aspirated h
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:French/ø
- French lemmas
- French adjectives
- Middle French lemmas
- Middle French adjectives