siècle

See also: siecle

French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French, borrowed as a semi-learned term from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin saeculum (the expected inherited form would be *sieil).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sjɛkl/

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Noun

siècle m (plural siècles)

1. century (period of 100 years)
   • XXI^e siècle = 21st century

References

• etymology

Further reading

• “siècle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• ciselé, cisèle