Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

seau

/soʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English

Syllables: seau
IPA: /soʊ/

4

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Example Sentences

"There is a seau painted in polychrome with festoons and masks, in the Sevres Museum, inscribed Cartus. Burdig."

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin situla Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -la Latin sitella Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Archaic Latin -os Latin -us Vulgar Latin *sitellus Old French seel French seaubor. English seau Borrowed from French seau.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /soʊ/
British English: /səʊ/

Inflected Forms

seaus (plural) seaux (plural)

Homonyms

so soe soh sew sow (toe–tow merger)

Questions

How do you pronounce seau?: The recorded pronunciation is /soʊ/.
What does seau mean?: a pottery pail
Where does seau come from?: Etymology tree Latin situla Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -la Latin sitella Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Archaic Latin -os Latin -us Vulgar Latin *sitellus Old French seel French seaubor. English seau Borrowed from French seau.

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