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œil

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See also: oeil

French

L’œil droit de ce chat est vert.This cat’s right eye is green.

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French œil, from Old French oil, uel, ueil (plural olz, ialz), from Vulgar Latin oclus, from Latin oculus. Doublet of oculus, a borrowing. Cognate with Spanish ojo, Portuguese olho, Galician ollo, Italian occhio, Romanian ochi and Catalan ull. For the phonetic development of the plural, see yeux.

Pronunciation

Noun

œil m (plural yeux or œils)

  1. (anatomy, plural yeux) eye, organ that is sensitive to light, helping organisms to see
  2. (plural œils) glyph, rendering of a single character
  3. (plural œils) eye (of a needle)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Saint Dominican Creole French: z'yeu
    • Haitian Creole: je
  • Haitian Creole: zye

Further reading

Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French ueil.

Noun

œil m (plural yeulx)

  1. (anatomy) eye

Descendants

  • French: œil
    • Saint Dominican Creole French: z'yeu
      • Haitian Creole: je
    • Haitian Creole: zye