sourcil

Inherited from Middle French sourcil, from Old French sourcil, sorcil, inherited from Latin supercilium. "sour-" is an older form of sur (over, above) while "cil" means "eyelash" in French. Thus, "sourcil" literally means "above eyelash."

• IPA^(key): /suʁ.sil/, /suʁ.si/

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sourcil m (plural sourcils)

1. eyebrow

• froncer les sourcils

• cil

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

From Old French sourcil.

sourcil m (plural sourcils)

1. eyebrow

• French: sourcil

• sorcil
• sorcille

From Latin supercilium.

sourcil oblique singular, m (oblique plural sourciz or sourcilz, nominative singular sourciz or sourcilz, nominative plural sourcil)

1. eyebrow

• Middle French: sourcil
  • French: sourcil