chaut

French

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -o

Verb

chaut

1. third-person singular present indicative of chaloir

Old French

Alternative forms

• chalt, calt, caut

Etymology

From Latin caldus, from earlier calidus.

Pronunciation

• (archaic) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃalt/, (northern) /ˈkalt/
• (classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃau̯t/, (northern) /ˈkau̯t/
• (late) IPA^(key): /ˈʃau̯t/, (eastern) /ˈtʃau̯t/, (northern) /ˈkau̯t/

Adjective

chaut m (oblique and nominative feminine singular chaude)

1. hot (heated; not cold)

Declension

Declension of chaut

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	chauz	chaude	chaut
	Oblique	chaut			chaude	chaut
Plural	Subject	chaut	chaudes		chaut
	Oblique	chauz			chaudes	chaut

Noun

chaut oblique singular, m (oblique plural chauz or chautz, nominative singular chauz or chautz, nominative plural chaut)

1. hot; heat

   le chaut et le freit

   the hot and the cold

Related terms

• chaloir
• chaudiere
• chaudron / chauderon / caudron
• eschauder
• eschaufer

Descendants

• Champenois: tchaud
• French: chaud
• Lorrain: tchâd
• Norman: câod, caûd, caoud
• Picard: caud, keud (Amiens)
• Walloon: tchôd
• → Italian: cialda (from the feminine)
• → Middle English: chaud