Rousseau

From French Rousseau. Originally a French nickname for someone with red hair, from roux (“redhead”). Doublet of Russell. Compare russel.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹuːsəʊ/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ɹuˈsoʊ/
• Rhymes: -uːsəʊ

Rousseau (countable and uncountable, plural Rousseaus)

1. (countable) A surname from French.
2. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778), Genevan philosopher.

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From rousseau, a nickname for someone with red hair, from roux (“redhead”) +‎ -eau. Cognate to English Russell.

• IPA^(key): /ʁu.so/

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Rousseau ?

1. a surname
2. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Genevan philosopher)

• English: Rousseau
• Spanish: Rousseau
• Portuguese: Rousseau

Unadapted borrowing from French Rousseau.

• Rhymes: -o
• Hyphenation: Rous‧seau

Rousseau m or f by sense

1. a surname from French
2. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Genevan philosopher

Unadapted borrowing from French Rousseau.

• IPA^(key): /ruˈso/ [ruˈso]
• Rhymes: -o

Rousseau m or f by sense

1. a surname from French
2. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Genevan philosopher