sceau
French
Etymology
From Old French seel (whence also English seal), from Vulgar Latin *segellum, from Latin sigillum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /so/
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audio (file) - Rhymes: -o
Noun
sceau m (plural sceaux)
- seal (pattern; design)
Related terms
Further reading
- “sceau” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
Middle French
Etymology
Old French seel. The change in spelling from seau to sceau is unexplained, although it may be to disambiguate with seau (“bucket”)[1].
Noun
sceau m (plural sceaulx)
- seal (a stamp in wax to seal a letter)
Descendants
- French: sceau
References
- sceau on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)
- ↑ “sceau” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman
Etymology
Noun
sceau m (plural sceaus)
Derived terms
- Jean des sceaus (“ring finger”)
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