seuil
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *solium, a blend of Latin solum (“flat ground”) + solea (“flat object, sandal”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
seuil m (plural seuils)
- threshold (of a doorway); doorstep
- threshold, level
- au-delà d’un certain seuil ― beyond a certain threshold
- (literary or potentially, archaic) threshold (demarcation between the limit or end of one state of being and the beginning or commencement of the next)
- weir
- threshold (limit or boundary)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “seuil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.