ouate

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See also: ouaté

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Often connected to Arabic بِطَانَة (biṭāna, lining, inner part), but this is phonologically difficult.[1] Also compared to Arabic بَتّ (batt, a square, thick, and loosely woven garment), Hebrew בָּֽתִּים (bāttīm, garments or hangings) in II Kings 23:7,[2] but this is commonly seen as a scribal error for בַּדִּים (baddīm), or כֻּתֹּונׅים (kuttōnīm).[3]

Noun

ouate f (plural ouates)

  1. cotton wool
    Synonym: coton hydrophile
    • 1986, “C'est la ouate”, in Loeb C.D., performed by Caroline Loeb:
      De toutes les matières
      C’est la ouate qu’elle préfère
      Passive, elle est pensive
      En négligé de soie
      C’est la ouate
      Of all materials
      Cotton wool is her favourite
      Passive, she is pensive
      In silk négligée
      It's cotton wool
Usage notes

This word may optionally resist elision, as though beginning with an aspirated h, even though it is not spelt with an h. The aspirated pronunciation is the older one; the non-aspirate pronunciation has become common.

Derived terms
Descendants
  • Dutch: watten
  • Italian: ovatta
  • Spanish: bata, guata

References

  1. ^ ouate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
  2. ^ Watson, Wilfred G. E. (2018) “Terms for Textiles, Clothing, Hides, Wool and Accessories in Ugaritic: An Etymological Study”, in Aula Orientalis, volume 36, number 2, Barcelona, page 375 of 359–356
  3. ^ Hadley, Judith M. (2000) The Cult of Asherah in Ancient Israel and Judah. Evidence for a Hebrew Goddess (University of Cambridge Oriental Publications; 57), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 72

Etymology 2

Verb

ouate

  1. inflection of ouater:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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