ewer

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈjuː.ə/, /ˈjʊə/
  • Homophone: your (one pronunciation, without pour–poor merger, rare)
  • Homophone: you're (one pronunciation, without pour–poor merger)
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈju.ɚ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -uːə(ɹ), -ʊə(ɹ)

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

• pitcher

• ewerer
• ewerful
• ewery

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

ewer

1. yes

Borrowed from Old French ewer, from Latin aquārium.

• euer, ewear, ewere, hewer, owere

• IPA^(key): /ɛu̯ˈeːr/, /ˈɛu̯ər/^[1]

ewer (plural ewers)

1. ewer^[2]

• English: ewer
• Yola: ewer

ewer

1. alternative form of eure

• evier

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

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

1. ewer

• ewe
• sewiere

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

• ewer on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

From Middle English ewer, from Old French ewer.

• IPA^(key): /juːr/

ewer

1. jug

• Diarmaid Ó Muirithe (1990), “A Modern Glossary of the Dialect of Forth and Bargy”, in lrish University Review‎^[2], volume 20, number 1, Edinburgh University Press, page 156