sicle
See also: -sicle
English
Etymology
French, from Latin siclus, from Hebrew.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɪkəl/, /ˈsaɪkəl/
Noun
sicle (plural sicles)
- (obsolete) A shekel.
- 1678, Antiquitates Christianæ: Or, the History of the Life and Death of the Holy Jesus: […], London: […] E. Flesher, and R. Norton, for R[ichard] Royston, […], →OCLC:
- The holy mother brought five sicles and a pair of turtledoves to redeem the Lamb of God.
- Obsolete spelling of sickle.
References
- “sicle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Noun
sicle m (plural sicles)
- (historical) shekel (weight)
Further reading
- “sicle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Noun
sicle
- vocative singular of siclus