name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
bayou
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈbaɪ.(j)uː/
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/ˈbaɪ.oʊ/
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CMU ARPABET: B AY1 UW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A slow-moving, often stagnant creek or river.
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noun
Meaning 3
A swamp; a marshy (stagnant) body of water.
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noun
Meaning 4
a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: lake
History
Etymology
From Louisiana French bayou, from Choctaw bayuk (“a creek”). Doublet of bogue.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: mrtvé rameno — slow-moving creek or swamp
- Czech: močálovité rameno — slow-moving creek or swamp
- Finnish: lutakko — slow-moving creek or swamp
- French: bayou — slow-moving creek or swamp
- French: marécages — slow-moving creek or swamp
- Italian: acquitrino — slow-moving creek or swamp
- Italian: ramo paludoso — slow-moving creek or swamp
- Polish: bayou — slow-moving creek or swamp
- Portuguese: brejo — slow-moving creek or swamp
- Spanish: pantano — slow-moving creek or swamp
- Spanish: pantanos — slow-moving creek or swamp
- Swedish: bayou — slow-moving creek or swamp