symbole
English edit
Noun edit
symbole (plural symboles)
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin symbolum, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek σύμβολον (súmbolon).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
symbole m (plural symboles)
- symbol (all meanings)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “symbole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Noun edit
symbole
Middle French edit
Alternative forms edit
- simbole (14th century)
Etymology edit
Noun edit
symbole m (plural symboles)
- symbol (image, etc. representing something)
References edit
- Etymology and history of “symbole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (symbole, supplement)
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Latin symbolus, symbolum (“a sign, mark, token, symbol, in Late Latin also a creed”), from Ancient Greek σύμβολον (súmbolon, “a sign by which one infers something; a mark, token, badge, ticket, tally, check, a signal, watchword, outward sign”).
Noun edit
symbole m (plural symboles)