cuve

See also: cuvé

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French cuve, from Latin cūpa. Doublet of coupe, which came through a Late Latin intermediary variant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kyv/

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Noun

cuve f (plural cuves)

1. tank; vat

Derived terms

• cuveau
• cuvette

Further reading

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

Old French

Etymology

From Latin cupa.

Noun

cuve oblique singular, f (oblique plural cuves, nominative singular cuve, nominative plural cuves)

1. tank; vat

Descendants

• French: cuve