siècle
See also: siecle
French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French siecle, from Old French siecle, borrowed as a semi-learned term from Latin saeculum (the expected inherited form would be *sieil).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
siècle m (plural siècles)
- century (period of 100 years)
- XXIe siècle
- 21st century
- 1992, Amélie Nothomb, Hygiène de l’assassin (fiction):
- Cessez de blasphémer, vile créature ! Apprenez, ignorante, que saint Prétextat était archevêque de Rouen au VIe siècle, et grand ami de Grégoire de Tours, qui était un homme très bien, dont vous n’avez naturellement jamais entendu parler.
- Stop blaspheming, you vile creature! You’d better learn, ignorant woman, that Saint Praetextatus was Archbishop of Rouen in the 6th century, and a friend of Gregory of Tours, who was a very good man, which you, unsurprisingly, never heard of.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Haitian Creole: syèk
References edit
- Etymology and history of “siècle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Further reading edit
- “siècle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- “siècle” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
- “siècle” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.