"eau de nil" meaning in All languages combined

See eau de nil on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French eau de nil (literally “water of the Nile”). Etymology templates: {{dercat|en|ine-pro}}, {{langname|ine-pro}} Proto-Indo-European, {{word|en|ine|h₂ékʷeh₂}}, {{dercat|en|ine-pro|la|grc|sem}}, {{ubor|en|fr|eau de nil|lit=water of the Nile}} Unadapted borrowing from French eau de nil (literally “water of the Nile”) Head templates: {{head|en|adjective|head=eau de nil}} eau de nil
  1. Of a pale green colour. Categories (topical): Greens Related terms: Nile green (english: a darker shade)
    Sense id: en-eau_de_nil-en-adj-qyd1mJ8F Disambiguation of Greens: 63 37 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: eau de Nil, eau-de-nil, eau-de-Nil

Noun [English]

Forms: eau de nils [plural]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French eau de nil (literally “water of the Nile”). Etymology templates: {{dercat|en|ine-pro}}, {{langname|ine-pro}} Proto-Indo-European, {{word|en|ine|h₂ékʷeh₂}}, {{dercat|en|ine-pro|la|grc|sem}}, {{ubor|en|fr|eau de nil|lit=water of the Nile}} Unadapted borrowing from French eau de nil (literally “water of the Nile”) Head templates: {{en-noun|nolinkhead=1}} eau de nil (plural eau de nils)
  1. A pale green colour.
    Sense id: en-eau_de_nil-en-noun-1aTJZEOc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: eau de Nil, eau-de-nil, eau-de-Nil

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for eau de nil meaning in All languages combined (5.3kB)

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