buée

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French, from Old French buee (“laundry, wash”), from Vulgar Latin *būcāta (“laundry”, literally “soaked”), from Vulgar Latin *bucāre (“to soak, wash”), from Frankish *būkōn (“to soak, wash”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɥe/

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Noun

buée f (plural buées)

1. (dialectal, otherwise dated) laundry
2. condensation, steam, mist

Related terms

• buer
• parabuée

Further reading

• “buée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.