aigle
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French aigle, from Old French aigle, itself either borrowed from Old Occitan aigla or taken from Latin aquila, though not as a popular term. Cf. the Old French and regional form aille, which may be popularly inherited.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aigle m (plural aigles)
- eagle (any of a number of species of birds of prey)
- (figuratively) a man of ingenuity and superior talent; a genius
Usage notes edit
- The term aigle doesn't have a one-to-one translation between French and English. Some species known as eagles in English are known as pygargues in French.
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
aigle f (plural aigles)
Further reading edit
- “aigle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French aigle.
Noun edit
aigle f (plural aigles)
Descendants edit
- French: aigle
Old French edit
Etymology edit
Either borrowed from Old Occitan aigla or taken from Latin aquila. Cf. the variant form aille, which may be popularly inherited.
Noun edit
aigle oblique singular, m (oblique plural aigles, nominative singular aigles, nominative plural aigle)
- eagle (animal)
- 1260–1267, Brunetto Latini, “De tous Faucons [On all falcons]” (chapter 150), Book 5, in Livres dou Tresor [Book of Treasures]; republished as Polycarpe Chabaille, compiler, Li livres dou tresor par Brunetto Latini[1], Paris: Imprimerie impériale, 1863, page 203:
- La sisisme ligne est sourpoins. Cist est molt grans, et resemble aigle blanche, mais des oilz et des eles et dou bec est il semblables au girfaut
- The sixth kind [of falcon] is the saker. It is very large, and resembles the white eagle; but in the eyes, and in the wings, and in the beak, it is similar to the gyrfalcon
Descendants edit
Scots edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English egle, from Anglo-Norman egle, from Old French aigle, from Latin aquila.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aigle (plural aigles)
References edit
- “aigle, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.