vaisseau

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French vaissel, from Late Latin vāscellum, diminutive of Latin vāsculum, diminutive of vās (“vessel”). Compare Italian vascello.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛ.so/

• Audio (un vaisseau)

  (file)

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -o

Noun

vaisseau m (plural vaisseaux)

1. ship, vessel
2. vessel (i.e. blood vessel)

Further reading

• “vaisseau” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

From vaissel.

Noun

vaisseau m (plural vaisseaux or vaisseaulx)

1. vessel (watercraft)