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Watteau

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French Watteau.

Proper noun

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Watteau (plural Watteaus)

  1. A surname from French.
  2. The French painter Antoine Watteau (1684–1721).
    • 1978, Elinor Glyn, The Sequence[1], page 73:
      “Would you care to see the famous Watteaus? There is not such a crush now.”

Derived terms

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French

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Etymology

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Perhaps related to gâteau (cake) and thus an occupational surname, or alternatively a variant of Gautier.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Watteau m or f by sense

  1. a surname

Descendants

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  • English: Watteau