le
/tɥi.jo/
Translation
pipe, hose; tip, inside information
Word origin
From Old French tuiel, from a Frankish word for a horn or tube, related to Dutch tuit ('spout'). The colloquial sense of a useful tip comes from the idea of information passed quietly down a pipe, straight from the source.
- Origin
- Frankish
- Root
- *thuta
Grammar
Examples
gelé .
A pipe froze during the night.
arrose .
He waters the garden with a green hose.
plombier tous .
The plumber changed all the pipes in the kitchen.
, .
I will give you a tip, get there before eight.
' .
She got that piece of inside information from a journalist friend.
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