siecle

See also: siècle

French

Noun

siecle m (plural siecles)

1. Obsolete form of siècle.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• ciselé, cisèle

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Middle French

Noun

siecle m (plural siecles)

1. century (period of 100 years)

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Old French

Alternative forms

• seule (9th century)
• secle
• sekle

• sicle
• ciecle

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin saeculum.

Noun

siecle oblique singular, m (oblique plural siecles, nominative singular siecles, nominative plural siecle)

1. generation, lifetime
2. age, time
3. century (period of 100 years)
4. worldliness; the world

Descendants

• Middle French: siecle
  • French: siècle
• Norman: siaeclle (Guernsey), siècl'ye (Jersey)

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (siecle)
• secle on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
• Etymology and history of “siècle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.