tiède

• quède, quiède (Louisiana)

From Middle French tiede (14th c.), from Old French *tiede, from earlier *tebde, itself by regular syncope from Latin tepidus. The attested Old French tieve, teve reflects an eastern dialect form without syncope. Doublet of tépide, a borrowing.

• IPA^(key): /tjɛd/
• (Louisiana) IPA^(key): /tjɛd/, /tʃɛd/

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• Rhymes: -ɛd
• Homophone: tièdes

tiède (plural tièdes)

1. (literal and figurative) tepid, lukewarm

   de l'eau tiède ― lukewarm water

   un vent tiède ― a lukewarm wind

   un amant tiède ― a tepid lover

   Je l'ai trouvé bien tiède sur cette affaire. ― I found him quite lukewarm about this business.

• “tiède”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• déité, édite, édité