houe

See also: houé

French

Etymology

From Old French houe, from Frankish *hauwā (“hoe, mattock”).

Pronunciation

^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /u/
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Noun

houe f (plural houes)

hoe (gardening tool)

Verb

houe

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

Derived terms

Further reading

“houe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle English

Noun

houe

Alternative form of hough (“hough, hock”)

Old French

Alternative forms

hoe, howe, owe

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *hauwā (“hoe, mattock”).

Noun

houe f (oblique plural houes, nominative singular houe, nominative plural houes)

hoe (farming implement)

Descendants

Middle French: hoe, houe
- French: houe
Norman: hoe, haoue (Guernésiais)
Picard: hau (Ch'ti)
Walloon: awe, hawe
→ Middle English: howe, houwe, howwe
- English: hoe
⇒ Old French: hoel, houwel
- Middle French: houel, hoyau, hoeau
  - Middle French: hoyau
- → Middle Dutch: hauel, hauweel
  - → Dutch: houweel
⇒ Old French: houet
- Norman: houette (Jersiais)
⇒ Old French: houer
- Middle French: houer
  - French: houer
- Norman: haouaïr (Guernésiais), hauwer (Hennégois)
- → Middle English: howen, howwen
  - English: hoe

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