ewer

See also: Ewer

English

WOTD – 3 November 2010
A ewer.

Etymology

Borrowed 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/

Noun

ewer (plural ewers)

  1. A kind of widemouthed pitcher or jug with a shape like a vase and a handle.

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Chuukese

Interjection

ewer

  1. yes

Old French

Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. ewer

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