doux
French
adj
Definitions
- sweet
- soft
- mild, gentle
- of water fresh, not salty
Etymology
Inherited from Old French dous (two) inherited from Latin dulcis (sweet, pleasant) derived from Proto-Indo-European *dl̥kú- (sweet).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dl̥kú-
Gloss
sweet
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- doux English
- dulcet English
- dulcetly English
- deus Latin
- dulcamarus Latin
- dulcedo Latin
- dulcem Latin
- dulcesco Latin
- dulcifer Latin
- dulcifico Latin
- dulcis Latin
- dulcis, dulcem Latin
- dulcitas Latin
- dulciter Latin
- dulco Latin
- dulcor, dulcōrem Latin
- dulcō Latin
- doucement French
- doucet French
- doucettement French
- redoux French
- sain French
- saindoux French
- dulce Spanish, Castilian
- γλυκύς Ancient Greek
- *dl̥kú- Proto-Indo-European
- adoçar Portuguese
- doce Portuguese
- doceiro Portuguese
- docemente Portuguese
- doceria Portuguese
- doçaria Portuguese
- doçura Portuguese
- doucet Middle English
- dowce Middle English
- dauss Old Norse
- dolz Old French
- dolçor Old French
- doucet Old French
- dous Old French
- agredolç Catalan, Valencian
- dolç Catalan, Valencian
- dolçament Catalan, Valencian
- dolçor Catalan, Valencian
- dūs Old High German
- douox Norman
- doux Norman
- tūs Middle High German
- duuss Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- doux Middle French
- doce Old Portuguese
- dous Old Occitan
- dousor Old Occitan
- dushi Papiamentu
- dulse Ladino
- dosi Kabuverdianu