seau

English

Etymology

From French seau.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /səʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /soʊ/
• Homophones: so, sew, sow, soe

Noun

seau (plural seaus or seaux)

1. (ceramics) a pottery pail
   • 1908, William Chaffers, Frederick Litchfield, Marks & Monograms on European and Oriental Pottery and Porcelain with Historical Notices of each Manufactory‎^[1], Reeves and Turner, page 240:

     There is a seau painted in polychrome with festoons and masks, in the Sevres Museum, inscribed Cartus. Burdig.

References

• “seau”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

French

Alternative forms

• siau (Louisiana)

Etymology

Inherited from Old French seel, from Vulgar Latin *sitellus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /so/

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• Rhymes: -so
• Homophones: saut, sauts, sceau, sceaux, seaux (general), sot, sots (except regionally)

Noun

seau m (plural seaux)

1. pail, bucket

   Synonym: chaudière (Quebec)

Derived terms

• avoir la tête comme un seau
• pleuvoir à seaux

Descendants

• → Gulay: sóò

Further reading

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