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tuyau

tuyau

French

Noun

tuyau m ‎(plural tuyaux)

  1. pipe
  2. tube
  3. insider tip

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Descendants

  • Khmer: ទុយោ ‎(tŭyoŭ), ទុយយោ ‎(tŭyyoŭ)

Norman

Etymology

From Old French tuyau, tueil, tudel ‎(“tube, pipe”), from Frankish *thūta ‎(“pipe”), from Proto-Germanic *þeutǭ ‎(“pipe, channel, flow”), from *þeutaną ‎(“to howl, roar, resound”), from Proto-Indo-European *tu-, *tutu- ‎(“bird-cry, shriek”).

Noun

tuyau m ‎(plural tuyaus)

  1. (Jersey) pipe

Etymology

From Middle French tuyau, from Old French tuel, tuial, tudel ‎(“tube, pipe”), from Frankish *thūta ‎(“pipe”), from Proto-Germanic *þeutǭ ‎(“pipe, channel, flow”), from Proto-Germanic *þeutaną ‎(“to howl, roar, resound”), from Proto-Indo-European *tu-, *tutu- ‎(“bird-cry, shriek”). Cognate with Old Saxon theuta ‎(“pipe, water-channel”), Old High German watardioza ‎(“water-opening, spout, nozzle”), Old English þēote ‎(“pipe, channel”), Dutch tuit ‎(“spout, nozzle”), Icelandic þjótandi ‎(“the name of an artery”), Icelandic þjóta ‎(“to rush, whistle”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɥi.jo/

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