Noun: bouleau
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | bouleau |
| Plural m | bouleaux |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like bouleau
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, derived from Old French boul, bououl + -eau. The former from *betullus, alteration of Latin betulla, diminutive of Gaulish *betua, from Proto-Celtic *betwiyos, *betuyā (“birch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet-. Compare Italian betulla, Catalan bedoll, Spanish abedul, Portuguese bétula, as well as Galician bídalo and bidueiro. See: Latin Nouns '
betulla', Italian Nouns '
betulla', Catalan Nouns '
bedoll', Spanish Nouns '
abedul', Portuguese Nouns '
bétula', Galician Nouns '
bídalo'.
Verbs referencing "bouleau"
Italian Nouns
betulla, Spanish Nouns
abedul, Portuguese Nouns
bétula, Galician Nouns
bídalo.
Translations