siecle

See also: siècle

French

Noun

siecle m (plural siecles)

  1. obsolete form of siècle

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French siecle.

Noun

siecle m (plural siecles)

  1. century (period of 100 years)

Descendants

  • French: siècle, siecle (obsolete)
    • Haitian Creole: syèk
    • Swedish: sekel
  • Norman: siaeclle (Guernsey), siècl'ye (Jersey)

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin saeculum (the expected inherited form would be *sieil).

Noun

siecle oblique singular, m (oblique plural siecles, nominative singular siecles, nominative plural siecle)

  1. generation, lifetime
  2. age, time
  3. century (period of 100 years)
    • mid-late 11th century, anonymous author, Vie de saint Alexis [Life of saint Alexius] (overall work in Old French), stanza 1; republished as Gaston Paris, editor, La vie de saint Alexis (Recueil de travaux originaux ou traduits; 5)‎[1], Paris, 1872, page 139:
      Bons fut li siecles al tens ancienor,
      Quer feit i ert e justise et amor,
      Si ert credance, dont or n’i at nul prot
      Good were the centuries in the ancient time, for both justice and love were accomplished, thus there was faith, which is now no advantage
  4. worldliness; the world

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