œil

See also oeil

French

Alternative forms

• oeil (nonstandard)

Etymology

From Old French oil, uel (plural olz, ialz), from Vulgar Latin oclus < Latin oculus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃okʷ-, *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

œil m (plural yeux or œils)

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

Derived terms

• coup d'œil
• avoir un œil de lynx
• œil pour œil, dent pour dent
• clin d'œil

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Middle French

Alternative forms

• oeil

Noun

œil m (plural yeulx)

1. (anatomy) eye