houe

See also: houé

French

Pronunciation

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

houe f (plural houes)

hoe (gardening tool)

Verb

houe

first-person singular present indicative of houer
third-person singular present indicative of houer
first-person singular present subjunctive of houer
third-person singular present subjunctive of houer
second-person singular imperative of houer

Derived terms

houer

Further reading

“houe” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Alternative forms

hoe, howe, owe

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *hauwa (“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 (Charleroi, Forrières)
→ 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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