auve

Lorrain

Alternative forms

• aoue (Lorrain), ôve (Vosges), auwe (Messin)

Etymology

From Latin aqua.

Noun

auve f

1. (Welche) water

References

• Christian Voinson, Le Patois Welche

Occitan

Alternative forms

• arve

Etymology

From Latin alveus (“river channel”).

Noun

auve m (plural auves)

1. (Languedoc) alluvial island of silt and sand formed by floods