Watteau
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English
Etymology
Proper noun
Watteau (plural Watteaus)
- A surname from French.
- The French painter Antoine Watteau (1684–1721).
- 1978, Elinor Glyn, The Sequence[1], page 73:
- “Would you care to see the famous Watteaus? There is not such a crush now.”
Derived terms
French
Etymology
Perhaps related to gâteau (“cake”) and thus an occupational surname, or alternatively a variant of Gautier.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Watteau m or f by sense
- a surname
Descendants
- → English: Watteau
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