houe

See also: houé

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French houe, from Frankish *hauwā (“hoe, mattock”).

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /u/

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Noun

houe f (plural houes)

1. hoe (gardening tool)

Verb

houe

1. inflection of houer:
   1. first-person singular/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Derived terms

• houer
• Ouellette

Further reading

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

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

houe

1. Alternative form of hough (“hough, hock”)

Etymology 2

Noun

houe

1. Alternative form of houve

Old French

Alternative forms

• hoe, howe, owe

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *hauwā (“hoe, mattock”).

Noun

houe oblique singular, f (oblique plural houes, nominative singular houe, nominative plural houes)

1. hoe (farming implement)

Descendants

• Middle French: hoe, houe
  • French: houe
• Norman: hoe, haoue (Guernésiais)
• Picard: hau (Ch'ti)
• Walloon: awe, hawe
• → Middle English: howe, houwe, howwe
  • English: hoe
• ⇒ Old French: hoel, houwel
  • Middle French: houel, hoyau, hoeau
    • Middle French: hoyau
  • → Middle Dutch: hauel, hauweel
    • → Dutch: houweel
• ⇒ Old French: houet
  • Norman: houette (Jersiais)
• ⇒ Old French: houer
  • Middle French: houer
    • French: houer
  • Norman: haouaïr (Guernésiais), hauwer (Hennégois)
  • → Middle English: howen, howwen
    • English: hoe