ouate
See also: ouaté
French
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editUncertain. Often connected to Arabic بِطَانَة (biṭāna, “lining, inner part”), but this is phonologically difficult.[1] Also compared to Arabic بَتّ (batt, “a square, thick, and loosely woven garment”), Hebrew בָּֽתִּים (bāttīm, “garments or hangings”) in II Kings 23:7,[2] but this is commonly seen as a scribal error for בַּדִּים (baddīm), or כֻּתֹּונׅים (kuttōnīm).[3]
Noun
editouate f (plural ouates)
- cotton wool
- Synonym: coton hydrophile
- 1986, “C'est la ouate”, in Loeb C.D., performed by Caroline Loeb:
- De toutes les matières
C’est la ouate qu’elle préfère
Passive, elle est pensive
En négligé de soie
C’est la ouate- Of all materials
Cotton wool is her favourite
Passive, she is pensive
In silk négligée
It's cotton wool
- Of all materials
Usage notes
editThis word may optionally resist elision, as though beginning with an aspirated h, even though it is not spelt with an h. The aspirated pronunciation is the older one; the non-aspirate pronunciation has become common.
Derived terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- ^ “ouate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- ^ Watson, Wilfred G. E. (2018) “Terms for Textiles, Clothing, Hides, Wool and Accessories in Ugaritic: An Etymological Study”, in Aula Orientalis[1], volume 36, number 2, Barcelona, page 375 of 359–356
- ^ Hadley, Judith M. (2000) The Cult of Asherah in Ancient Israel and Judah. Evidence for a Hebrew Goddess (University of Cambridge Oriental Publications; 57), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 72
Etymology 2
editVerb
editouate
- inflection of ouater:
Further reading
edit- “ouate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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