Dieu

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Middle French Dieu < Old French Deu, from Latin Deus.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /djø/
  • (file)

Proper noun[edit]

Dieu m

  1. God

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

bon Dieu (literally good God):

  • Guianese Creole: Bondjé
  • Mauritian Creole: Bondye
  • Saint Dominican Creole French: bon Dieu
  • Seychellois Creole: Bondye

Middle French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French Deu.

Proper noun[edit]

Dieu m

  1. God (Christian deity)

Descendants[edit]

  • French: Dieu (see there for further descendants)

Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin Deus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Dieu m (nominative singular Diex or Dieus)

  1. Alternative form of Deu

Old Occitan[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin Deus.

Proper noun[edit]

Dieu m (nominative singular Dieus)

  1. God

Descendants[edit]