Boileau
English
Etymology
French Boileau
Proper noun
Boileau (countable and uncountable, plural Boileaus)
- A surname from French, equivalent to English Drinkwater.
- A village and municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada.
- Former name: Ponsonby (for the municipality until 1993)
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French
Etymology
From bois + l' + eau, literally “drink water”; nickname of a teetotaler. The first component of the compound is an imperative form of boire.
The municipality in Québec is named after its first postmaster, one Pierre Boileau.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bwa.lo/
- Hyphenation: Boi‧leau
- Rhymes: -o
Proper noun
Boileau ?
- a surname, Boileau, transferred from the nickname, equivalent to English Drinkwater
- A municipality of Papineau, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.
Derived terms
- Boilois, Boiloise
Descendants
- English: Boileau