Doubs

English

Etymology

From French Doubs, from Gaulish, from the root of Proto-Celtic *dubus (black).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /duː/
  • Rhymes: -uː
  • Homophones: do, doo; (yod-dropping accents) Homophones: dew, due

Proper noun

Doubs

  1. A river running through Switzerland and France, a tributary of the Saône.
  2. A department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. Capital: Besançon.

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French

Etymology

From Gaulish Dubis, from the root of Proto-Celtic *dubus (black). Compare Latin Dūbis, Breton du (black).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /du/
  • Rhymes: -u
  • (file)
  • Homophone: doux

Proper noun

Doubs m

  1. Doubs (a river in France and Switzerland)
  2. Doubs (a department of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)
    Meronyms: Doubien, Doubiste

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