eau

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
3
Words With Friends
4
Letters
3
Pronunciation
/juː/
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/juː/ · /oʊ/

Definition of eau

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of ea.
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noun

  1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of ea.
  2. (uncountable)Water.

name

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Eurasian Economic Union.
  2. Any of several rivers in Lincolnshire.

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Etymology

From Middle English ea, eo, from Old English ēa (“running water, water, stream, river”), from Proto-Germanic *ahwō (“waters, river”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water, flowing water”). Compare English aqua. Compare ea, yeo. Related to, and spelling influenced by, but not derived from French eau (“water”).

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