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côteau

côteau is the rare form of coteau.

Meaning of coteau

Noun

coteau (plural coteaus or coteaux)

  1. (Canada, US) A hilly upland including the divide between two valleys.
    • It happened when he was a tiny boy standing at the edge of a prairie coteau. From that place, he saw the buffalo trudging out of the horizon on one side of the world.2020, Louise Erdrich, The Night Watchman, Corsair (2021), page 267
  2. (Canada, US) The side of a valley.

Forms of côteau

pluralcôteaux

Origin of côteau

From French côteau.

Questions about côteau

What is côteau the rare form of?
Côteau is the rare form of coteau.

Words near côteau in the dictionary

  1. Côte d'Ivoirians
  2. Côte d'Or
  3. Côte Saint-Luc
  4. Côte-d'Or
  5. Côte-Nord
  6. côteau
  7. côteaux
  8. côtelette de volaille
  9. Côtes d'Armor
  10. Côtes-d'Armor
  11. Côtes-du-Nord

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