morte-eau
French
Alternative forms
- morte eau
Etymology
mort + eau.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɔʁ.to/
Noun
morte-eau f (plural morte-eaux)
- (nautical) neap tide (the lowest tide)
- Antonym: vive-eau f
Further reading
- “morte-eau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.