doux
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French doux. Doublet of douce, dolce, and dulce.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /duː/
- Rhymes: -uː
- Homophones: do, doo
- Homophones: dew, due (yod-dropping)
Adjective
editdoux (comparative more doux, superlative most doux)
Related terms
editAnagrams
editFranco-Provençal
editEtymology
editNumeral
editdoux (feminine doves) (ORB, broad)
References
editFrench
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French dous, from Latin dulcem (“sweet”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /du/
Audio (Paris): (file) - Rhymes: -u
- Homophones: Doubs, doue, douent, doues
- Hyphenation: doux
Adjective
editdoux (feminine douce, masculine plural doux, feminine plural douces)
- sweet
- 1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I:
- Ainsi emporté par de si douces pensées et par l’ineffable attrait qu’il y trouvait, il se hâta de mettre son désir en pratique.
- So taken away was he by such sweet thoughts and by the ineffable attraction that he found in them, he hurried to put his desire into practice.
- 1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I:
- soft
- mild
- gentle (gradual rather than steep)
- une pente douce ― a gentle slope
- Antonym: raide
- fresh, not salty (of water)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editAdverb
editdoux
Usage notes
editOnly used in a few expressions: tout doux, filer doux, rouler doux.
Further reading
edit- “doux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
editEtymology
editFrom Old French dous, from Latin dulcem, accusative of dulcis (“sweet”).
Adjective
editdoux m
Derived terms
edit- chèrfi doux (“cicely”)
- douochement (“mildly, sweetly”)
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