tuyau
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French tuyau, from Old French tuel, tuial, 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”). 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/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -jo
Derived terms
- tuyau crevé
- tuyau d’echappement
- tuyau d’orgue
- tuyauter
- tuyauterie
Related terms
Further reading
- “tuyau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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”).