Rousseau

See also: rousseau

English

Etymology

From French Rousseau. Originally a French nickname for someone with red hair, from roux (“redhead”). Doublet of Russell. Compare russel.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹuːsəʊ/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ɹuˈsoʊ/

Proper noun

Rousseau (countable and uncountable, plural Rousseaus)

1. (countable) A surname from French.
2. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778), Genevan philosopher.

Derived terms

• Rousseauan
• Rousseauesque
• Rousseauian
• Rousseauism
• Rousseauist
• Rousseauvian
• Rousselian

Translations

surname

• French: Rousseau (fr)
• Marathi: रूसो (rūso)
• Portuguese: Rousseau (pt)
• Spanish: Rousseau (es)

Further reading

• Rousseau (surname) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From rousseau, a nickname for someone with red hair, from roux (“redhead”) +‎ -eau. Cognate to English Russell.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁu.so/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Rousseau ?

1. a surname
2. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Genevan philosopher)

Derived terms

• rousseauesque
• rousseauiser
• rousseauisme
• rousseauiste
• roussisme
• roussiste

Descendants

• English: Rousseau
• Spanish: Rousseau
• Portuguese: Rousseau

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French Rousseau.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈso/ [huˈso]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈso/ [huˈso]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈso/ [χuˈso]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈso/

• Rhymes: -o
• Hyphenation: Rous‧seau

Proper noun

Rousseau m or f by sense

1. a surname from French
2. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Genevan philosopher

Derived terms

• rousseauniano
• rousseaunismo

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French Rousseau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruˈso/ [ruˈso]
• Rhymes: -o

Proper noun

Rousseau m or f by sense

1. a surname from French
2. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Genevan philosopher

Derived terms

• rousseauniano