buée
French
Etymology
From Middle French, from Old French buee (“laundry, wash”), from Vulgar Latin *būcāta (“laundry”, literally “soaked”), from Vulgar Latin *bucāre (“to soak, wash”), from Frankish *būkōn (“to soak, wash”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɥe/
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Noun
buée f (plural buées)
- (dialectal, otherwise dated) laundry
- condensation, steam, mist
Related terms
- buer
- parabuée
Further reading
- “buée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.