Noun: pastoureau
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | pastoureau |
| Singular f | pastourelle |
| Plural m | pastoureaux |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like pastoureau
zébreau,
nouveau,
éléphanteau,
souriceau,
corbeau,
chameau,
blaireau,
louveteau,
Tourangeau,
maquereau,
jouvenceau,
pastoureau,
oiseau,
jumeau,
puceau,
baleineau,
Manceau,
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French pastoureau, from older pastourel, from Old French pastorel, from pastor + -el (diminutive suffix). Equivalent to modern pasteur + -eau. The ou is due to the pretonic position (compare douloureux vs. douleur, prouver vs. preuve).
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