caniveau

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French

Etymology

Uncertain.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.ni.vo/
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Noun

caniveau m (plural caniveaux)

  1. (on a road) gutter
    • 2016, Gaël Faye, Petit Pays [Small Country]:
      on comptait les cadavres dans les caniveaux
      we counted the corpses in the gutters

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