Noun: couteau
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | couteau |
| Plural m | couteaux |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like couteau
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 Old French coutel, from Latin cultellus, diminutive of culter (“knife, plough blade”); cognate with Italian coltello. Not related to couper. See: Latin Nouns '
cultellus', Italian Nouns '
coltello'.
Verbs referencing "couteau"
English Nouns
cut, English Nouns
couteau, French Nouns
coutellerie, Catalan Nouns
coltell, English Nouns
cuttoe.
Translations