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Watteau

Watteau proper noun: a surname from French.

Proper noun

Watteau (plural Watteaus)

  1. A surname from French.
  2. The French painter Antoine Watteau (1684–1721).
    • “Would you care to see the famous Watteaus? There is not such a crush now.”1978, Elinor Glyn, The Sequence, page 73

Forms of Watteau

pluralWatteaus

Origin of Watteau

Borrowed from French Watteau.

Words formed from Watteau

Phrases with Watteau

Questions about Watteau

What does Watteau mean?
Watteau means a surname from French.
What part of speech is Watteau?
Watteau is a proper noun.

Words near Watteau in the dictionary

  1. watta satta
  2. wattage
  3. wattages
  4. Wattamondara
  5. wattape
  6. Watteau
  7. Watteau back
  8. Watteau backs
  9. Watteau bodice
  10. Watteau bodices
  11. Watteau pleat

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