Noun: bedeau
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | bedeau |
| Plural m | bedeaux |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like bedeau
renouveau,
pocheteau,
berceau,
métamatériau,
ypréau,
ypreau,
chaudeau,
lanterneau,
lapineau,
bordeau,
lapereau,
bouleau,
paonneau,
bandeau,
barreau,
bardeau,
barbeau,
zoziau,
mâtineau,
colineau, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French [Term?], from Old French bedel (“officer in minor judicial affairs”), from Frankish *bidil (“candidate”), from Proto-Germanic *bidilaz (“seeker”), from Proto-Germanic *bidjaną (“to ask, beseech”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (“to command”), merging with Frankish *budil (“official representative, herald”), from Proto-Germanic *budilaz (“messenger, herald”), from Proto-Germanic *beudaną (“to present, offer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be aware, comprehend”). Akin to Old High German butil (“beadle”), Old English bydel (“beadle”), Old High German bitil, bitel (“a candidate, requestor”), bittan (“to ask, seek”). More at bid. See: Old English Nouns '
bydel'.
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