bayou
Meanings
Noun
1. bayou (a slow-moving, sometimes stagnant body of water left behind by the meandering of the Mississippi River in Louisiana or elsewhere)
2. stream (a small river) (Louisiana, also)
Examples3
Son mari a tombé du bateau dedans le bayou et il a jamais ressoud.
Her husband fell off the boat into the bayou and he never resurfaced.
L’eau du bayou est huileuse depuis qu’ils ont fouillé le puits d’huile.
The bayou water is oily since they dug the oil well.
Il s’a caché dans les cannes à côté du bayou.
He hid in the reeds along the bayou.