ewer

See also: Ewer

English

WOTD – 3 November 2010

French ewer, circa 1795, made of hard-paste porcelain

Rococo French ewer, circa 1771, made of silver

Etymology

From Middle English ewer, from Anglo-Norman or Old French ewer, eawer (modern French évier), from Latin aquārium, from aqua (“water”). Doublet of aquarium.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈjuː.ə/, /ˈjʊə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈju.ɚ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -uːə(ɹ)

Noun

ewer (plural ewers)

1. A kind of widemouthed pitcher or jug with a shape like a vase and a handle. Originally used for carrying water

Hypernyms

• pitcher

Derived terms

• ewerer
• ewerful
• ewery

Translations

widemouthed pitcher

• Albanian: shtambë (sq), kënatë (sq)
• Arabic: إِبْرِيق m (ʔibrīq)

  Egyptian Arabic: ابريق m (abrīʔ)

• Armenian: սափոր (hy) (sapʻor), կուժ (hy) (kuž)
• Bulgarian: кана (bg) f (kana)
• Catalan: pitxer (ca) m
• Crimean Tatar: quman
• Czech: džbán (cs) m, džbánek m
• Danish: kande (da) c
• Dutch: lampetkan (nl) c
• Finnish: kannu (fi)
• French: pichet (fr) m, aiguière (fr), broc (fr), cruche (fr) f
• Georgian: დოქი (doki), კოკა (ka) (ḳoḳa)
• German: Krug (de) m
• Greek: λαγήνι (el) n (lagíni)
• Hungarian: vizeskancsó (hu)
• Italian: brocca (it) f, caraffa (it) f, lancella f
• Japanese: ピッチャー (ja) (pitchā), 水差し (ja) (みずさし, mizusashi)
• Latin: aquāle n
• Macedonian: бо́кал m (bókal)
• Middle English: ewer
• Persian: سبو (fa) (sabu), کلیزه (fa) (kelize)
• Polish: dzban (pl) m
• Portuguese: jarro (pt) m, jarra (pt) f
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: кувши́н (ru) m (kuvšín) (с ручкой (ručkoj) и широким (širokim) горлышком (gorlyškom)), жбан (ru) m (žban)
• Sanskrit: कुम्भ (sa) m (kumbha)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: врч m, ибрик m

  Roman: vrč (sh) m, ibrik (sh) m

• Spanish: aguamanil (es) m, pichel (es) m, jofaina (es) f
• Turkish: ibrik (tr)
• Ukrainian: глек m (hlek), глечик m (hlečyk) (small), дзбан (uk) m (dzban)

Anagrams

• ewre, rewe, we're, weer, were, were-

Chuukese

Interjection

ewer

1. yes

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French ewer, from Latin aquārium.

Alternative forms

• euer, ewear, ewere, hewer, owere

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛu̯ˈeːr/, /ˈɛu̯ər/

Noun

ewer (uncountable)

1. ewer

Descendants

• English: ewer

Etymology 2

Noun

ewer

1. Alternative form of eure

Old French

Alternative forms

• evier

Etymology

ewe +‎ -er, from Latin aquārium, or from an unattested Vulgar Latin *aquāria, from Latin aquārius, from aqua.

Noun

ewer oblique singular, m (oblique plural ewers, nominative singular ewers, nominative plural ewer)

1. ewer

Related terms

• ewe
• sewiere

Descendants

• French: évier
  • Haitian Creole: evye
  • → Ido: eviero
  • → Turkish: eviye
• → Middle English: ewer, euer, ewear, ewere, hewer, owere
  • English: ewer

References

• ewer on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub