Masculin
œil
Signification (English)
- eye, organ that is sensitive to light, helping organisms to see
- glyph, rendering of a single character
- eye (of a needle)
Synonyms
Fréquence
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/œj/
Étymologie (English)
In summary
Inherited from Middle French œil, from Old French oil, uel, ueil (plural olz, ialz), from Vulgar Latin oclus, from Latin oculus. Doublet of oculus, a borrowing. Cognate with Spanish ojo, Portuguese olho, Galician ollo, Italian occhio, Romanian ochi and Catalan ull. For the phonetic development of the plural, see yeux.
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