soleil

Borrowed from French soleil.

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soleil

1. (Polari) sun
   • 1967, Kenneth Horne, Bona Bijou Tourettes (Round the Horne), season 3, episode 12:

     Divine. ... Disportinging yourself on the sable plage getting your lallies all bronzed - your riah getting bleached by the soleil.

Inherited from Middle French soleil, from Old French soleil, from Vulgar Latin *sōliculus, diminutive of Latin sōl (“sun”), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥.

• IPA^(key): /sɔ.lɛj/, /so.lɛj/

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• Rhymes: -ɛj

soleil m (plural soleils)

1. sun (star)

   Il fait soleil.

   It is sunny.

   Regarder le soleil fait mal aux yeux.

   Looking at the sun hurts the eyes.

2. sunflower

   Synonym: tournesol

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

From French soleil (“sun”).

soleil

1. sun

• Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales

From Old French soleil.

soleil m (plural soleils)

1. sun (star)

• French: soleil

• souleil, soloil

From Vulgar Latin *sōliculus, diminutive of Latin sōl (“sun”), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥. Compare Old Occitan solelh.

• IPA^(key): /suˈleʎ/

soleil oblique singular, m (oblique plural soleuz or soleilz, nominative singular soleuz or soleilz, nominative plural soleil)

1. sun (star)

• Gallo: soulai
• Franc-Comtois: soroiye
• Middle French: soleil
  • French: soleil
• Norman: solé
• Walloon: solea