seau

French

Alternative forms

• siau (Louisiana)

Etymology

Inherited from Old French seel, from Vulgar Latin *sitellus, masculinized counterpart to Latin sitella.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /so/

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• Rhymes: -so
• Homophones: saut, sauts, sceau, sceaux, seaux (general), sot, sots (except regionally)

Noun

seau m (plural seaux)

1. pail, bucket

Derived terms

• avoir la tête comme un seau
• pleuvoir à seaux

Descendants

• → Gulay: sóò

Further reading

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