name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
rideau
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Pronunciation
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/ɹiˈdəʊ/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -əʊ
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CMU ARPABET: R IH0 D OW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A river in eastern Ontario, Canada, a tributary of the Ottawa River.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
A fortification or barrier such as a small earthen mound or ridge, a file of troops, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology
Borrowed from French rideau (“curtain”), from Middle French rideau, from Old French ridel (“plaited stuff; cloth curtain; blind”), from rider (“to plait; to wrinkle”), perhaps from Old High German ridil (“a headband; a ribbon”) or rīdan, wrīdan (“to wrinkle”) (related to English writhe), from Proto-Germanic *wriþilaz, from *wrīþaną (“to twist, wind, wrap”). See more at riddle (“curtain”), writhe.
Real reading context