estuve

Middle French

Noun

estuve f (plural estuves)

1. public baths

Descendants

• French: étuve

Old French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin stupha, stufa, stupa (“hypocaust, stove, heated room”) (perhaps via Frankish *stubu (“room, heated room”)), deverbal from Vulgar Latin *extuphāre, *extufāre, *extupāre, from ex- + Ancient Greek τύφω (túphō, “to smoke”).

Noun

estuve oblique singular, f (oblique plural estuves, nominative singular estuve, nominative plural estuves)

1. large bath
   • c. 1176, Chrétien de Troyes, Cligès:

     [A]n lor chaufast eve an estuve

     They heated some water for them in a steam-bath

Derived terms

• estuver

Descendants

• French: étuve

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtube/ [esˈt̪u.β̞e]
• Rhymes: -ube
• Syllabification: es‧tu‧ve

Verb

estuve

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of estar