veau
part of speech
noun (French; le veau, les veaux) — not an English word
meaning for a pupil
1) (French) «Veau» is the French word for a calf (a baby cow), and also for veal, the meat of a calf. tree →
2) It sounds like «voh» to an English ear (rhymes with «go», with a «v»). tree →
3) It is not an English word; English took «veal» from the old French form of this word. tree →
sense in the lessons
In French lessons on food and farm animals, «le veau» appears on menus («blanquette de veau», a veal stew) and in lists like «la vache» (cow), «le veau» (calf), «le taureau» (bull). It tells an English reader something is French cooking or a French farm. «Veau» also appears in «ris de veau» (calf sweetbreads) on French menus.
examples
- In French, «le veau» means «the calf». tree →
- The French menu said «blanquette de veau» — a creamy veal stew. tree →
- «Veau» sounds like «voh». tree →
- In our French farm song, «la vache et le veau» means «the cow and the calf». tree →
- English «veal» comes from the old French word that became «veau». tree →
- My aunt in Paris ordered «escalope de veau». tree →
note
French, not English. Masculine: «le veau»; plural «les veaux» (say «lay voh» — the «x» is silent). The «-eau» spelling in French says «oh», as in «gâteau», «château», «bureau». Do not confuse «veau» with «vaut» (is worth) or «vos» (your), which can sound alike.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «veau» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.