Cecile
See also: Cécile
English
editEtymology
editFrom French Cécile, from Anglo-Norman Cecile, from Latin Caecilia.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editCecile
- A female given name from Latin.
- 1989, Ann Richards, Peter Knobler, Straight from the Heart: My Life in Politics and Other Places, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 91:
- […] so I named my baby Lynn Cecile. My mother asked, "What are you going to call her? You can't call her "Seal" because then I'll think of something slick and wet."
Related terms
editCebuano
editPronunciation
edit- Hyphenation: Ce‧cile
Proper noun
editCecile
- a female given name
Old French
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin Caecilia
Proper noun
editCecile f (nominative singular Cecile)
- a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Cecilia or Cecile
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