eau-de-vie
See also: eau de vie
English edit
Noun edit
eau-de-vie (countable and uncountable, plural eau-de-vies or eaus-de-vie or eaux-de-vie)
- Alternative spelling of eau de vie
French edit
Etymology edit
Calque of Medieval Latin aqua vītae (literally “water of life”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /o.d(ə).vi/
Audio (file) - Homophone: eaux-de-vie
Noun edit
eau-de-vie f (plural eaux-de-vie)
- Synonym of brandy
Descendants edit
- → English: eau de vie
Further reading edit
- “eau-de-vie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.