ciel

Etymology

From Old French ciel, from Latin caelum, from Proto-Italic *kailom, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂i-lom (“whole”), from *keh₂i-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sjɛl/

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Noun

ciel m (plural cieux or ciels)

1. sky
2. heaven

Noun

ciel m (plural ciels)

1. canopy (of a bed, etc.)

Interjection

ciel

1. heavens!

Further reading

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

Noun

ciel m

1. Apocopic form of cielo

Anagrams

• celi, Cile, elci

Etymology

From Old French ciel, from Latin caelum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

ciel m (plural cieux)

1. (Jersey) sky

Etymology

From Latin caelum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡si̯el/

Noun

ciel m (oblique plural cieus or ciex or ciels, nominative singular cieus or ciex or ciels, nominative plural ciel)

1. heaven

Noun

ciel (plural ciels)

1. gill