pupille

See also: Pupille

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pupilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /py.pij/

Noun 1

pupille f (plural pupilles)

1. pupil (of the eye)

Noun 2

pupille m or f (plural pupilles)

1. an orphan under guardianship, a ward

Further reading

• “pupille” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Italian

Noun

pupille f

1. plural of pupilla

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Latin

Noun

pūpille

1. vocative singular of pūpillus

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Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pupilla.

Noun

pupille m (oblique plural pupilles, nominative singular pupilles, nominative plural pupille)

1. orphan (child of whom both the parents have died)

Descendants

• English: pupil

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (pupille, supplement)