Watteau

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Watteau.

Proper noun

Watteau (plural Watteaus)

1. A surname from French.
2. The French painter Antoine Watteau (1684–1721).
   • 1978, Elinor Glyn, The Sequence‎^[1], page 73:

     “Would you care to see the famous Watteaus? There is not such a crush now.”

Derived terms

• Watteau back
• Watteau bodice
• Watteau pleat

 

French

Etymology

Perhaps related to gâteau (“cake”) and thus an occupational surname, or alternatively a variant of Gautier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va.to/

Proper noun

Watteau m or f by sense

1. a surname

Descendants

• → English: Watteau