seau
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /səʊ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /soʊ/
- Homophones: so, sew, sow, soe
Noun
[edit]- (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
[edit]- “seau”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French seel, from Vulgar Latin *sitellus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /so/
Audio: (file) Audio (Paris): (file) - Rhymes: -so
- Homophones: saut, sauts, sceau, sceaux, seaux (general), sot, sots (except regionally)
Noun
[edit]seau m (plural seaux)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Gulay: sóò
Further reading
[edit]- “seau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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