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===Etymology=== |
===Etymology=== |
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From the oblique case of {{inh|fr|fro|sire}} (see also French {{m|fr|sire}}), from {{inh|fr|VL.}} *''seior'', from {{inh|fr|la|senior||older, elder}} (whence also {{m|fr|seigneur}}, from the accusative form), from {{m|la|senex||old}}. |
From the oblique case of {{inh|fr|fro|sire}} (see also French {{m|fr|sire}}), from {{inh|fr|VL.}} *''seior'', from {{inh|fr|la|senior||older, elder}} (whence also French {{m|fr|seigneur}}, from the accusative form), from {{m|la|senex||old}}. |
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===Pronunciation=== |
===Pronunciation=== |
Revision as of 17:49, 8 June 2016
French
Etymology
From the oblique case of Old French sire (see also French sire), from Vulgar Latin [Term?] *seior, from Latin senior (“older, elder”) (whence also French seigneur, from the accusative form), from senex (“old”).
Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
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parameter) IPA(key): /sjœʁ/
Noun
sieur m (plural sieurs)
Related terms
External links
- “sieur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Categories:
- French terms inherited from Old French
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- French terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- French terms inherited from Latin
- French terms derived from Latin
- French 1-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns