caveau
French
Etymology
From cave + -eau. From Old French caviau.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.vo/
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Noun
caveau m (plural caveaux)
- crypt, sepulchre
- Sous cette chapelle était le caveau de telle famille. ― Under this chapel is the crypt of the family.
- a small cellar used to store wines and liquors
- (figuratively) a dark place, place without light
- a subterranean club, café, cabaret
- (Canada) a dug-out or sod hut
- Ils creusèrent un trou d’1 m.2 [sic] de profondeur et de 6 mètres de large, érigèrent des murs de rondins d’1 m.2 au-dessus du sol et utilisèrent des mottes de terre pour le toit. Ce concept fut connu sous le nom de caveau.http://www.abheritage.ca/francophone/fr/people/communities_legal.html
- They dug a hole of 1 meter by 2 to a depth of 6 meters, erected log walls 1 to 2 meters above the ground and used clods of earth for the roof. This concept was known under the name of a caveau.
Related terms
Further reading
- “caveau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈvo/*
- Rhymes: -o
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