Masculin
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œil

Signification (Anglais)

  1. (masculine) eye, organ that is sensitive to light, helping organisms to see
  2. (masculine) glyph, rendering of a single character
  3. (masculine) eye (of a needle)

Fréquence

A2
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/œj/
Étymologie (Anglais)

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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