eau-de-vie
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See also: eau de vie
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]eau-de-vie (countable and uncountable, plural eau-de-vies or eaus-de-vie or eaux-de-vie)
- Alternative spelling of eau de vie
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Calque of Medieval Latin aqua vītae (literally “water of life”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /o.d(ə).vi/
Audio: (file) - Homophone: eaux-de-vie
Noun
[edit]eau-de-vie f (plural eaux-de-vie)
- Synonym of brandy
Descendants
[edit]- → English: eau de vie
Further reading
[edit]- “eau-de-vie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Swedish
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Noun
[edit]eau-de-vie c
- a fortified cognac-like liquor
- Synonym: folkkonjak
- eau de vie
Declension
[edit]| Declension of eau-de-vie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | eau-de-vie | eau-de-vien | — | — |
| Genitive | eau-de-vies | eau-de-viens | — | — |
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