seau

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UK/səʊ/US/soʊ/

noun

a pottery pail

OriginFrench sea ← Old French seel ← Vulgar Latin *sitellus →
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Meanings

nounseau (plural seaus or seaux)

plural seaus · plural seaux

  1. ceramicsa pottery pail

    There is a seau painted in polychrome with festoons and masks, in the Sevres Museum, inscribed Cartus. Burdig.

    1908, William Chaffers, Frederick Litchfield, Marks & Monograms on European and Oriental Pottery and Porcelain with Historical Notices of each Manufactory, Reeves and Turner, page 240

Origin

  1. Latinsitula
  2. Latinsitella
  3. Vulgar Latin*sitellus
  4. Old Frenchseel
  5. Frenchsea
  6. Englishseau

Borrowed from French seau.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Sounds the same

sosoesohsewsow (toe–tow merger)

Anagrams

Esau
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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