zèv

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Haitian Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French œuvres (acts, deeds, works) In French, the plural form œuvres is commonly preceded by a determiner- such as aux, les or mes- whose final s or x is pronounced /z/ before vowels (and is otherwise silent). As a result, œuvres was reanalyzed in Haitian Creole as beginning with /z/.

Noun[edit]

zèv

  1. act, deed, (a) work