| eau Sep 29th 2011, 15:36 Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary (Difference between revisions) | | | | Line 3: | Line 3: | | | | | | ===Etymology=== | | ===Etymology=== | | - | {{etyl|fro|fr}} {{term|egua}}, {{term|ewe}}, from {{etyl|la|fr}} {{term|aqua}}, from {{proto|Indo-European|akʷā-|lang=fr}}. | + | From {{etyl|frm|fr}} {{term|eau|lang=frm}}, {{term|eaue|lang=frm}}, from {{etyl|fro|fr}} {{term|ewe|lang=fro}}, {{term|egua||water|lang=fro}}, from {{etyl|la|fr}} {{term|aqua||water|lang=la}}, from {{proto|Indo-European|akʷā-|water, flowing water|lang=fr}}. Cognate with {{etyl|ang|-}} {{term|ea|ēa|flowing water, stream, river|lang=ang}}. More at {{l|en|ea}}. | | | | | | ===Pronunciation=== | | ===Pronunciation=== |
Latest revision as of 15:36, 29 September 2011 [edit] French [edit] Etymology From Middle French eau, eaue, from Old French ewe, egua ("water"), from Latin aqua ("water"), from Proto-Indo-European *akʷā- ("water, flowing water"). Cognate with Old English ēa ("flowing water, stream, river"). More at ea. [edit] Pronunciation eau f. (plural eaux) - Water, a liquid that is transparent, colorless, odorless, and tasteless in its pure form, the primary constituent of lakes, rivers, seas, and oceans.
- Il buvait un verre d'eau fraîche.
- He drank a cool glass of water.
- L'eau de mer et l'eau de rivière n'ont pas la même teneur en sel et n'abritent donc pas les mêmes poissons.
- Sea water and river water do not have the same salt content and thus do not harbor the same fish.
- In particular, rain.
- Si le vent dure, nous aurons de l'eau.
- If the wind persists, we will have rain.
- (chemistry) The chemical element with empirical formula H2O existing in the form of ice, liquid water or steam.
- L'eau se durcit par le froid et se vaporise par la chaleur.
- Water hardens with cold and vaporises with heat.
- Natural liquid quantities or expanses.
- Le soir, ils se baignaient dans les eaux du lac Titicaca.
- In the evening, they bathed in the waters of Lake Titicaca.
- Fluids such as sweat, formed and found in the body of man or animal.
- Les vésicatoires font des ampoules pleines d'eau.
- L'eau vient à la bouche.
- Il s'est échauffé à courir, il est tout en eau.
- He warmed up to run. He's all sweaty.
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Middle French [edit] Etymology Latin aqua eau f. (plural eauz or eaux) - water
[edit] Romansch [edit] Etymology Latin ego [edit] Pronoun eau (first-person singular pronoun) - I
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