douse

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse.
2. (intransitive) To fall suddenly into water.
3. (transitive) To put out; to extinguish.

Noun

A sudden plunging into water.

Noun

A blow or strike, especially to the face.

Concepts

tremper

éteindre

immerger

mouiller

pisser

plonger

inonder

cane

🦆

canard

🦆

Synonymes

dip

dowse

immerse

souse

soak

duck

🦆

plunge

extinguish

put out

sop

dunk

drench

sink

snuff out

submerse

dampen

submerge

quench

dive

steep

slosh

wet

humidify

imbed

imbue

kill

🔪🩸👤

let

let go

liberate

loose

loosen

make

moisturise

pass off

pop

puddle

put down

rain

🌧️

recess

relax

rid

saturate

set

sheathe

shower

🚿

slack up

slake

slop

spill

splash

Traductions

mojar

apagar

mullar

ıslatmak

empapar

imergir

onderdompelen

apagar

tuffare

bagnare

🛀

βρέχω

inzuppare

spegnere

uitdoven

ausmachen

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/daʊs/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à suédois: dunsa

Appartenant à danois: dunse

Appartenant à ancien anglais: dwǣsċan

Hérité de moyen anglais: duschen

Appartenant à norvégien: dusa

Appartenant à Old Dutch: doesen

Appartenant à allemand: tusen

Appartenant à saterlandais: dössen

In summary

Probably of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish dunsa (“to plumb down, fall clumsily”), Danish dunse (“to thump”). Compare Old English dwǣsċan (“to extinguish”) and douse below.