aïeul
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Etymology[edit]
From Old French aiol, aiuel, from Vulgar Latin *aviōlus, diminutive of Latin avus. Compare Asturian güelu, Galician avó, Portuguese avô, Spanish abuelo.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
aïeul m (plural aïeux or aïeuls, feminine aïeule)
- grandfather
- (by extension) old man
- ancestor
Usage notes[edit]
The plural form aïeuls is used to designate precisely one's own grandfathers; the form aïeux can mean ancestors in a more generic sense, as in people who have lived in the past, or one's own unspecified ancestors.
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Further reading[edit]
- “aïeul” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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