Boileau

English

Etymology

French Boileau

Proper noun

Boileau (countable and uncountable, plural Boileaus)

  1. A surname from French, equivalent to English Drinkwater.
  2. A village and municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada.
    Former name: Ponsonby (for the municipality until 1993)

Translations
Translations

French

Etymology

From bois +‎ l’ +‎ eau, literally “drink water”; nickname of a teetotaler. The first component of the compound is an imperative form of boire.

The municipality in Québec is named after its first postmaster, one Pierre Boileau.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bwa.lo/
  • Hyphenation: Boi‧leau
  • Rhymes: -o

Proper noun

Boileau ?

  1. a surname, Boileau, transferred from the nickname, equivalent to English Drinkwater
  2. A municipality of Papineau, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.

Derived terms
  • Boilois, Boiloise

Descendants
  • English: Boileau
  • → Chinese: → 布瓦洛 (Bùwǎluò) (transliteration)
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