tuyau

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French tuyau, from Old French tuel, tuial, tudel (“tube, pipe”), from Frankish *thūta (“pipe”), from Proto-Germanic *þeutǭ (“pipe, channel, flow”), from *þeutaną (“to howl, roar, resound”), from Proto-Indo-European *tu-, *tutu- (“bird-cry, shriek”). Cognate with Old Saxon theuta (“pipe, water-channel”), Old High German watardioza (“water-opening, spout, nozzle”), Old English þēote (“pipe, channel”), Dutch tuit (“spout, nozzle”), Icelandic þjótandi (“the name of an artery”), Icelandic þjóta (“to rush, whistle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɥi.jo/

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• Rhymes: -jo

Noun

tuyau m (plural tuyaux)

1. pipe
2. tube
3. insider tip
4. (architecture) chimney pot

Derived terms

• tuyau crevé
• tuyau d’echappement
• tuyau d’orgue
• tuyauter
• tuyauterie

Related terms

• tuyère

Descendants

• → Khmer: ទុយោ (tuyoo), ទុយយោ (tuyyoo)
• → Turkish: tüyo

Further reading

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

Norman

Etymology

From Old French tuyau, tueil, tudel (“tube, pipe”), from Frankish *thūta (“pipe”), from Proto-Germanic *þeutǭ (“pipe, channel, flow”), from *þeutaną (“to howl, roar, resound”), from Proto-Indo-European *tu-, *tutu- (“bird-cry, shriek”).

Noun

tuyau m (plural tuyaus)

1. (Jersey) pipe