Boileau

English

Etymology

French Boileau

Proper noun

Boileau (countable and uncountable, plural Boileaus)

1. A surname from French, equivalent to English Drinkwater.
2. A village and municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada.

   Former name: Ponsonby (for the municipality until 1993)

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 布瓦洛 (Bùwǎluò)

• French: Boileau (fr)

French

Etymology

From bois +‎ l’ +‎ eau, literally “drink water”; nickname of a teetotaler. The first component of the compound is an imperative form of boire.

The municipality in Québec is named after its first postmaster, one Pierre Boileau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bwa.lo/
• Hyphenation: Boi‧leau
• Rhymes: -o

Proper noun

Boileau ?

1. a surname, Boileau, transferred from the nickname, equivalent to English Drinkwater
2. A municipality of Papineau, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.

Derived terms

• Boilois, Boiloise

Descendants

• English: Boileau
• → Chinese: → 布瓦洛 (Bùwǎluò) (transliteration)