faucet

English

Alternative forms

Variant spellings

(Middle English–15 ^th century):
- faucet
- faucett
- fawcett
(16 ^th century):
- faucet
- faucett
- fawcet
- fawcett
- fawset

(17 ^th century):
- fasset
- faucet
- faucete
- faulsed
- faulset
- fauset

(18 ^th century):
- faucet
- faucit
- fausset
- fosset
(19 ^th century):
- faucet
- forset
- fosset
(20 ^th century–present):
- faucet (modern standard spelling)

A faucet.

Etymology

From Middle English faucet, fawcett, from Old French fausset.

Pronunciation

(UK) enPR: fôʹsĭt, IPA^(key): /ˈfɔːsɪt/
Rhymes: -ɔːsɪt
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔsɪt/
(cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈfɑsɪt/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

faucet (plural faucets)

(Canada, US) An exposed plumbing fitting; a tap or spigot; a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir.

Synonyms

tap, spigot

Hypernyms

valve

Translations

tap — see tap

Anagrams

fucate

Middle English

Alternative forms

fawcett

Etymology

From Old French fausset, perhaps from Latin faux (“throat”).

Noun

faucet

faucet

Descendants

English: faucet

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