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couteau

[ koo-toh ]

noun

plural couteaux
  1. a knife, especially a large double-edged one formerly carried as a weapon.


couteau

/ °ì³ÜËˈ³Ùəʊ /

noun

  1. a large two-edged knife used formerly as a weapon
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of couteau1

1670–80; < French; Old French coutel < Latin cultellus; cultellus
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of couteau1

C17: from Old French coutel, from Latin cultellus a little knife, from culter knife, ploughshare
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Des blessés... 15j après attaque au couteau au Consulat, la France encore visée !?

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The program is limited to lands in southwestern North Dakota and the Missouri Couteau.

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Je viens de voir M. Levy, victime d'une attaque au couteau.

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Lightly he tripped up the steps of the scaffold, and then, after a deliberate survey of the crowd below and all around, he thundered forth, tonna, the following lines—a parody, or rather a personal appropriation, of the Marseillaise: "Allons, pauvre victime, Ton jour de mort est arriv�: Contre toi de la tyrannie Le couteau sanglant est lev�!"

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One of them, whose brain was less heated than the rest, had removed his couteau de chasse from its sheath, and was expostulating with him; but he was evidently not to be appeased without a scapegoat, for he kept pointing angrily at a broken bust of William III. which my lady had crowned with laurel that very day.

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