œil

Signification

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

Genre

♂️ Masculin

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/œj/

Étymologie

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.