soleil

From Middle French soleil, from Old French soleil, from Vulgar Latin *soliclus < *soliculus, from Latin sōl, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥. Compare Friulian soreli, Italian sole, Ladin surëdl, Occitan solelh, Romanian soare, Romansch sulegl, Venetian sołe.

• IPA^(key): /sɔ.lɛj/

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• Rhymes: -ɛj

soleil m (plural soleils)

1. sun (star)

• lever du soleil
• coucher de soleil
• solaire
• solarium

• “soleil” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Old French soleil.

soleil m (plural soleils)

1. sun (star)

• French: soleil

• soloil
• souleil

From Vulgar Latin *soliclus < *soliculus, from Latin sōl, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥. Compare Old Occitan solelh.

soleil m (oblique plural soleuz or soleilz, nominative singular soleuz or soleilz, nominative plural soleil)

1. sun (star)

• Middle French: soleil
  • French: soleil