Watteau

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proper noun

A surname from French.

OriginFrench Watteau →
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Meanings

proper nounWatteau (plural Watteaus)

plural Watteaus

  1. A surname from French.
  2. The French painter Antoine Watteau (1684–1721).

    “Would you care to see the famous Watteaus? There is not such a crush now.”

    1978, Elinor Glyn, The Sequence, page 73

Origin

  1. FrenchWatteau
  2. EnglishWatteau

Borrowed from French Watteau.

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APA

Watteau. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Watteau

MLA

“Watteau.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Watteau. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Watteau,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Watteau.

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