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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Agitation | Phrase: tempete dans un verre d'eau. |
River | Jet, spirt, spurt, squirt, spout, spray, splash, rush, gush, jet d'eau; sluice. |
Similarity | Exact; (true); lifelike, faithful; true to nature, true to life, the very image, the very picture of; for all the world like, comme deux gouttes d'eau; as like as two peas in a pod, as like as it can stare; instar omnium, cast in the same mold, ridiculously like. |
Unimportance | Phrase: magno conatu magnas nugas; le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle; it matters not, it does not signify; it is of no consequence, it is of no importance; elephantus non capit murem; tempete dans un verre d'eau. |
Unskillfulness | Phrase: one's fingers being all thumbs; the right hand forgets its cunning; il se noyerait dans une goutte d'eau; incidit in Scyllam qui vult vitare Charybdim; out of the frying pan into the fire; non omnia possumus omnes. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: D'EAU |
| English words defined with "D'EAU": Jets d'eau, Jetteau. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "D'EAU": dissolved material, dissolved solid, dunking machine ♦ saphir d'eau. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "D'EAU": Jetteau. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "D'EAU" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (aquatic, of water, water-). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Le Jet d'eau (1973) Les Voitures d'eau (1968) Une histoire d'eau (1961) Assassins d'eau douce (1947) D'amour et d'eau fraîche (1933) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Cordoue. Le porteur d'eau, aquador (d'après nature) / J. Laurent. Madrid. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Chateau d'Eau / H. Wallis, sc. ; J. Nash, del. ; A. Pugin, dirext. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Jet d'eau Geneva" by Marc Habermacher Commentary: "Jet d'eau fountain in Geneva, Switzerland." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Chad | Chad's energy sector has suffered from years of mismanagement at the national electrical and water company, STEE (Societe Tchadienne d'Eau et d'Electricite). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "D'EAU" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 71.43% of the time. "D'EAU" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 71.43% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (proper) | 28.57% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 7 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "D'EAU": il se noyerait dans une goutte d'eau ♦ Jet d'eau ♦ Jets d'eau ♦ saphir d'eau ♦ tempete dans un verre d'eau. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "D'EAU"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
French | saphir d'eau (saphir d'eau). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "'-a-d-e-u" | |
-2 letters: due, eau. | |
-3 letters: ad, ae, de, ed. | |
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