sorcier

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French sorcier, from Early Medieval Latin sortiārius, derived from Latin sortem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔʁ.sje/

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Noun

sorcier m (plural sorciers, feminine sorcière)

1. sorcerer, magician, warlock

Related terms

• sort

Further reading

• “sorcier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• croiser

Old French

Alternative forms

• sorchier (northern)

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin sortiārius, derived from Latin sortem.

Noun

sorcier oblique singular, m (oblique plural sorciers, nominative singular sorciers, nominative plural sorcier)

1. sorcerer

Declension

  Declension of sorcier  

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	Subject	sorciers	sorciere
	Oblique	sorcier	sorciere
Plural	Subject	sorcier	sorcieres
	Oblique	sorciers	sorcieres

Descendants

• French: sorcier
• Norman: chorchi
• → Middle English: sorcerere, sorcerour, sorserer, sorcerer
  • English: sorcerer