déchaux
French
Etymology
From Old French deschauz, from Vulgar Latin *discalceus, itself either from a shortening of Late Latin discalceātus, from discalceō, or from Latin dis- + calceus. Cognate with Occitan descauç, Catalan descalç, Spanish descalzo, Portuguese descalço, Italian scalzo, Walloon dischås, and Romanian desculț.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.ʃo/
Adjective
déchaux (invariable)
- (archaic) discalced, discalceate
Related terms
- déchausser
Further reading
- “déchaux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.