different between dauby vs daube

English

Etymology

daub +? -y

Adjective

dauby (comparative more dauby, superlative most dauby)

1. Smeary; viscous; glutinous; adhesive.

   dauby wax

Anagrams

• Dubay, Dubya

English

Etymology

From French daube.

Noun

daube (plural daubes)

1. A stew of braised meat, usually beef.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from obsolete Italian dobba (“marinade”), perhaps from Catalan adobar (“to marinate”). The Italian word is no longer in current use but still found in Sicilian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dob/
• Rhymes: -ob

Noun

daube f (plural daubes)

1. stew, casserole; daube
2. (slang) crap; crappiness (something of low quality)

Related terms

• daubière

Verb

daube

1. first-person singular present indicative of dauber
2. third-person singular present indicative of dauber
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of dauber
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of dauber
5. second-person singular imperative of dauber

Further reading

• “daube” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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