sceau
French
Etymology
From Old French seel (whence also English seal), from Vulgar Latin *segellum, from Latin sigillum. The spelling with sc- was introduced in Middle French (with -c- loosely representing the Latin -g-) in order to distinguish from unrelated seau (“bucket”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /so/
audio: (file) - Rhymes: -o
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Noun
sceau m (plural sceaux)
- seal (pattern; design)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Norman: sceau
Further reading
- “sceau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French seel. The change in spelling from ⟨seau⟩ to ⟨sceau⟩ is unexplained, although it may be to disambiguate with seau (“bucket”)[1].
Noun
sceau m (plural sceaulx)
- seal (a stamp in wax to seal a letter)
Descendants
References
- sceau on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
- ^ Etymology and history of “sceau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Etymology
Noun
sceau m (plural sceaus)
Derived terms
- Jean des sceaus (“ring finger”)
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- French terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- French terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- French terms inherited from Latin
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- French terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:French/o
- Rhymes:French/o/1 syllable
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- Middle French terms inherited from Old French
- Middle French terms derived from Old French
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