seuil

Meaning

1. (masculine) threshold (of a doorway); doorstep
2. (masculine) threshold, level
3. (archaic, masculine) threshold (demarcation between the limit or end of one state of being and the beginning or commencement of the next)
4. (masculine) weir
5. (masculine) threshold (limit or boundary)

Concepts

threshold

doorstep

sill

doorway

wood

🪵

doorsill

step

ledge

limit

poverty line

rise

terminal point

threshold value

verge

weir

windowsill

acceptable risk level

limen

room access

bar

terminus ad quem

brink

bunk

cutoff

door

🚪

entrance

inside

Synonyms

entrée

bois

🪵

pas de la porte

limite

pas

porte

🚪

radier

ride

huis

🚪

valeur seuil

appuis

de seuil

de coupure

bord

dans

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sœj/

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *solium, a blend of Latin solum (“flat ground”) + solea (“flat object, sandal”).

Sentences

Salvat était sur le seuil .

Salvat was on the threshold.

Mais mes conseils s’arrêtent au seuil de la décision .

But my advice stops at the threshold of the decision.