préau
Appearance
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French preal (“small meadow; courtyard”). By surface analysis, pré (“meadow”) + -eau (forms dimunitives) [from 11th century].
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]préau m (plural préaux)
- (obsolete) small meadow
- yard, courtyard
- 2014, Édouard Louis, En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule [The End of Eddy], Le Seuil:
- Une fois, cependant que j’embrassais Laura dans le préau, une chaleur douce est apparue dans mon bas-ventre.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
[edit]- (obsolete) préolier
Further reading
[edit]- “préau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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