eau-de-vie

eau-de-vie (countable and uncountable, plural eau-de-vies or eaus-de-vie or eaux-de-vie)

1. Alternative spelling of eau de vie

Calque of Medieval Latin aqua vītae (literally “water of life”).

• IPA^(key): /o.d(ə).vi/

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• Homophone: eaux-de-vie

eau-de-vie f (plural eaux-de-vie)

1. Synonym of brandy

• → English: eau de vie

• “eau-de-vie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

 

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eau-de-vie

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eau-de-vie c

1. a fortified cognac-like liquor

   Synonym: folkkonjak

2. eau de vie

• konjak

• eau-de-vie in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• eau-de-vie in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)