symbole

See also: Symbole and sŷmbole

English

Noun

symbole (plural symboles)

1. Obsolete form of symbol.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin symbolum, itself a borrowing from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛ̃.bɔl/

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• Rhymes: -ɔl

Noun

symbole m (plural symboles)

1. symbol (all meanings)

Derived terms

• symbolique
  • symboliquement

Further reading

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

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) symbole

1. vocative singular of symbolus

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Middle French

Alternative forms

• simbole (14th century)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin symbolum.

Noun

symbole m (plural symboles)

1. symbol (image, etc. representing something)

References

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

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Norman

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin symbolus, symbolum (“a sign, mark, token, symbol, in Late Latin also a creed”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek σύμβολον (súmbolon, “a sign by which one infers something; a mark, token, badge, ticket, tally, check, a signal, watchword, outward sign”).

Noun

symbole m (plural symboles)

1. (Jersey) creed