eau-de-vie
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See also: eau de vie
English[edit]
Noun[edit]
eau-de-vie (countable and uncountable, plural eau-de-vies or eaus-de-vie or eaux-de-vie)
- Alternative spelling of eau de vie
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Calque of Medieval Latin aqua vītae (literally “water of life”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /o.d(ə).vi/
Audio (file) - Homophone: eaux-de-vie
Noun[edit]
eau-de-vie f (plural eaux-de-vie)
- Synonym of brandy
Descendants[edit]
- → English: eau de vie
Further reading[edit]
- “eau-de-vie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
eau-de-vie c
- a fortified cognac-like liquor
- Synonym: folkkonjak
- eau de vie
Declension[edit]
| Declension of eau-de-vie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | eau-de-vie | eau-de-vien | — | — |
| Genitive | eau-de-vies | eau-de-viens | — | — |
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