Mot du jour: eau (water)

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Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:

eau, pl ~x /o/

1. feminine noun
   1. water;
      l'~ de source spring water;
      prendre l'~ [shoe] to let in water;
      être en ~ to be dripping with sweat;
      mettre à l'~ to launch [ship];
      se jeter à l'~ to throw oneself into the water;
      figurative to take the plunge;
      tomber à l'~ figurative to fall through;
      nettoyer le sol à grande ~ to sluice the floor down;
   2. rain.

2. eaux noun, feminine plural
   1. water;
      waters;
   2. Med waters.

COMPOUNDS:

~ bénite holy water;
~ de chaux limewater;
~ douce fresh water;
~ de Javel ≈ (chloride) bleach;
~ de mer seawater;
~ oxygénée hydrogen peroxide;
~ plate plain water;
still mineral water;
~ de rose: à l'~ de rose [novel] sentimental;
~x et forêts forestry commission;
~x usées waste water.

IDIOMS:

mettre l'~ à la bouche de qn to make sb's mouth water;
ou dans ces ~x-là (familiar) or thereabouts;
vivre d'amour et d'~ fraîche to live on love alone.