ewer

See also: Ewer

English
WOTD – 3 November 2010
French ewer, circa 1795, made of hard-paste porcelain
Rococo French ewer, circa 1771, made of silver

Etymology

From Middle English ewer, from Anglo-Norman or Old French ewer, eawer (modern French évier), from Latin aquārium, from aqua (“water”). Doublet of aquarium.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈjuː.ə/, /ˈjʊə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈju.ɚ/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -uːə(ɹ)

Noun

ewer (plural ewers)

  1. A kind of widemouthed pitcher or jug with a shape like a vase and a handle. Originally used for carrying water

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Chuukese

Interjection

ewer

  1. yes

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French ewer, from Latin aquārium.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛu̯ˈeːr/, /ˈɛu̯ər/[1]

Noun

ewer (uncountable)

  1. ewer[2]
Descendants
  • English: ewer
References
  1. Dobson, E. J. (1957) English pronunciation 1500-1700‎, second edition, volume II: Phonology, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1968, →OCLC, § 243, page 799.
  2. “eure, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Noun

ewer

  1. Alternative form of eure

Old French

Alternative forms
  • evier

Etymology

ewe +‎ -er, from Latin aquārium, or from an unattested Vulgar Latin *aquāria, from Latin aquārius, from aqua.

Noun

ewer oblique singular, m (oblique plural ewers, nominative singular ewers, nominative plural ewer)

  1. ewer

Descendants

References
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