œil
See also: oeil
French
Alternative forms
- oeil (nonstandard)
Etymology
From Middle French œil, from Old French oil, uel, ueil (plural olz, ialz), from Vulgar Latin oclus, from Latin oculus, from Proto-Italic *okʷelos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃okʷ-, *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Doublet of oculus, a borrowing.
Pronunciation
Noun
- (anatomy, plural yeux) eye, organ that is sensitive to light, helping organisms to see
- (plural œils) glyph, rendering of a single character
- (plural œils) eye (of a needle)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “œil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French ueil.
Noun
œil m (plural yeulx)
Descendants
- French: œil
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