ciel

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See also: cièl, cieľ, ĉiel, and -ciel

English[edit]

Verb[edit]

ciel (third-person singular simple present ciels, present participle cieling, simple past and past participle cieled)

  1. Alternative form of ceil

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old French ciel, from Latin caelum, from Proto-Italic *kailom, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂i-lom (whole), from *keh₂i-.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /sjɛl/
  • (file)
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

ciel m (plural cieux or ciels)

  1. sky
  2. heaven
    On croyait au ciel.We believed in heaven.

Usage notes[edit]

In poetic or religious senses, often in the plural: Notre Père qui es aux cieux...Our Father who art in heaven...

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Descendants[edit]

  • Haitian Creole: syèl

Noun[edit]

ciel m (plural ciels)

  1. canopy (of a bed, etc.)

Interjection[edit]

ciel

  1. heavens!

Further reading[edit]

Italian[edit]

Noun[edit]

ciel m (apocopated)

  1. Apocopic form of cielo

Anagrams[edit]

Norman[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French ciel, from Latin caelum.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Noun[edit]

ciel m (plural cieux)

  1. (Jersey) sky

Old French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin caelum. The nominative singular derives from attested Vulgar Latin caelus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ciel oblique singularm (oblique plural cieus or ciex or ciels, nominative singular cieus or ciex or ciels, nominative plural ciel)

  1. heaven

Descendants[edit]

Polish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕɛl/
  • Rhymes: -ɛl
  • Syllabification: ciel

Verb[edit]

ciel

  1. second-person singular imperative of cielić

Volapük[edit]

Noun[edit]

ciel (nominative plural ciels)

  1. gill

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