œuvé
French edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French ouvé, from Old French oevé. By surface analysis, œuf + -é.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
œuvé (feminine œuvée, masculine plural œuvés, feminine plural œuvées)
- (of a female fish) containing eggs, egg-bearing, ovigerous
- (figuratively) having numerous possibilities or implications, pregnant
- 1855 sera une année œuvée. [Victor Hugo, Correspondences]
- 1855 will be a busy year.
Further reading edit
- “œuvé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.