sicle

See also: -sicle

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French sicle, from Latin siclus, from Biblical Hebrew שֶׁקֶל (šɛ́qɛl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪkəl/, /ˈsaɪkəl/

Noun

sicle (plural sicles)

1. (obsolete) A shekel.
   • 1678, Antiquitates Christianæ: Or, the History of the Life and Death of the Holy Jesus: […], London: […] E. Flesher, and R. Norton, for R[ichard] Royston, […], →OCLC:

     The holy mother brought five sicles and a pair of turtledoves to redeem the Lamb of God.

2. Obsolete spelling of sickle.

References

• “sicle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Celis, ILECs, Leics, Sicel, Slice, ceils, ciels, clies, slice

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin siclus, from Biblical Hebrew שֶׁקֶל (šɛ́qɛl). Doublet of xéquel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈsi.klə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈsi.kle]

Noun

sicle m (plural sicles)

1. shekel (historical unit of weight and coin)

Further reading

• “sicle”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

French

Etymology

From Latin siclus, from Biblical Hebrew שֶׁקֶל (šɛ́qɛl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sikl/
• Homophones: cycle, cycles, sicles

Noun

sicle m (plural sicles)

1. (historical) shekel (weight)

Further reading

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

Latin

Noun

sicle

1. vocative singular of siclus