Watteau

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Watteau.

Proper noun

Watteau (plural Watteaus)

  1. A surname from French.
  2. The French painter Antoine Watteau (1684–1721).
    • 1978, Elinor Glyn, The Sequence‎[1], page 73:
      “Would you care to see the famous Watteaus? There is not such a crush now.”

Derived terms

French

Etymology

Perhaps related to gâteau (“cake”) and thus an occupational surname, or alternatively a variant of Gautier.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /va.to/

Proper noun

Watteau m or f by sense

  1. a surname

Descendants

  • → English: Watteau
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