radeau

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French radeau.

Noun

radeau (plural radeaus or radeaux)

  1. A float; a raft.
    • 1859, Washington Irving, Life of Washington:
      Then three vessels under sail, and one at anchor, above Split Rock, and behind it the radeau Thunderer, noted in the last year's naval fight.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan radel, a diminutive of rat, itself from Latin ratis (raft).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁa.do/
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Noun

radeau m (plural radeaux)

  1. raft
    • 1964, “Les copains d'abord”, performed by Georges Brassens:
      Non, ce n’était pas le radeau / De la Méduse, ce bateau / Qu’on se le dise au fond des ports / Dise au fond des ports / Il naviguait en père peinard / Sur la grand-mare des canards / Et s’app’lait les Copains d’abord
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Descendants

  • English: radeau
  • Greek: ραντό (rantó) (Egyptiot Dialect)

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