chaut

French

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -o

Verb

chaut

1. third-person singular present indicative of chaloir

Old French

Alternative forms

• chalt, calt, caut

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cal(i)dus.

Pronunciation

• (archaic) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃalt/, (northern) /ˈkalt/
• (classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃau̯t/, (northern) /ˈkau̯t/

Adjective

chaut m (oblique and nominative feminine singular chaude)

1. hot (heated; not cold)

Declension

	Case	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	subject	chauz	chaude	chaut
	oblique	chaut			chaude	chaut
plural	subject	chaut	chaudes		chaut
	oblique	chauz			chaudes	chaut

Noun

chaut oblique singular, m (oblique plural chauz or chautz, nominative singular chauz or chautz, nominative plural chaut)

1. hot; heat

   le chaut et le freit

   the hot and the cold

Related terms

• chaloir
• chaudiere
• chaudron / chauderon / caudron
• eschauder
• eschaufer

Descendants

• Champenois: tchaud
• French: chaud
• Franc-Comtois: tchâd
• Lorrain: tchâd
• Norman: câod, caûd, caoud
• Picard: caud, keud (Amiens)
• Walloon: tchôd
• → Italian: cialda (from the feminine)
• → Middle English: chaud