Rousseau

See also: rousseau

English

Etymology

From French Rousseau. Originally a French nickname for someone with red hair, from roux (“redhead”). Doublet of Russell. Compare russel.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹuːsəʊ/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ɹuˈsoʊ/

Proper noun

Rousseau (countable and uncountable, plural Rousseaus)

1. (countable) A surname from French.
2. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778), Swiss philosopher.

Derived terms

• Rousseauan
• Rousseauesque
• Rousseauian
• Rousseauism
• Rousseauist
• Rousseauvian
• Rousselian

 

Translations

surname

• French: Rousseau (fr)
• Spanish: Rousseau (es)

Further reading

• Rousseau (surname) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From rousseau, a nickname for someone with red hair, from roux (“redhead”) +‎ -eau. Cognate to English Russell.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁu.so/

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Proper noun

Rousseau ?

1. a surname
2. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Genevan philosopher)

Derived terms

• rousseauesque
• rousseauiser
• rousseauisme
• rousseauiste
• roussisme
• roussiste

 

Descendants

• English: Rousseau
• Spanish: Rousseau

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French Rousseau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruˈso/ [ruˈso]
• Rhymes: -o

Proper noun

Rousseau m or f by sense

1. a surname from French
2. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher