sortilège
See also: sortilege
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French, from Medieval Latin sortilegium, from Latin sortilegus (“sorcerer, diviner”), from sors (“sort”) + legere (“choose”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /sɔʁ.ti.lɛʒ/
Audio (France, Paris) (file) - Homophone: sortilèges
- Hyphenation: sor‧ti‧lège
Noun edit
sortilège m (plural sortilèges)
- magic spell, sorcery, witchcraft
- 1963, Serge Gainsbourg, Amour sans amour:
- Amour de collège, comment ai-je pu oublier tes sortilèges ?
- College sweetheart, how could I forget your spells?
Further reading edit
- “sortilège”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.