tuyau

French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French tuyau, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French tuel, tuial, tudel (“tube, pipe”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Frankish *thūta (“pipe”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *þeutǭ (“pipe, channel, flow”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *þeutaną (“to howl, roar, resound”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *tu-, *tutu- (“bird-cry, shriek”). Cognate with Old Saxon theuta (“pipe, water-channel”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German watardioza (“water-opening, spout, nozzle”), Old English þēote (“pipe, channel”), Dutch tuit (“spout, nozzle”), Icelandic þjótandi (“the name of an artery”), Icelandic þjóta (“to rush, whistle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɥi.jo/

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Noun

tuyau m (plural tuyaux)

1. pipe
2. tube
3. insider tip

Derived terms

Derived terms

• tuyau crevé
• tuyau d’echappement
• tuyau d’orgue

• tuyauter
• tuyauterie

Related terms

• tuyère

Descendants

• Khmer: ទុយោ (tuyoo), ទុយយោ (tuyyoo)

Further reading

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

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French tuyau, tueil, tudel (“tube, pipe”), from Frankish *thūta (“pipe”), from Proto-Germanic *þeutǭ (“pipe, channel, flow”), from *þeutaną (“to howl, roar, resound”), from Proto-Indo-European *tu-, *tutu- (“bird-cry, shriek”).

Noun

tuyau m (plural tuyaus)

1. (Jersey) pipe