cahute

French

Alternative forms

• cahutte (post-1990 spelling)

Etymology

From Middle French cahut(t)e, from Old French quahute, chahute (13th c.). Further origin unknown. The main question is whether Middle Dutch kayhute (mid-15th c., modern kajuit) is from French or vice versa. However, the dating, non-initial stress, and lack of plausible Germanic derivations all point to French origin. In this case possibly from a confluence of Old Occitan cabane and Old French hute (modern hutte). Doublet of cajute, a (re-)borrowing from Dutch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.yt/

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Noun

cahute f (plural cahutes)

1. shack, hut

Further reading

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