symbole
English
Noun
symbole (plural symboles)
- Obsolete form of symbol.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin symbolum, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek σύμβολον (súmbolon).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɛ̃.bɔl/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɔl
Noun
symbole m (plural symboles)
- symbol (all meanings)
Derived terms
- symbolique
- symbolisme
- symbologie
Descendants
Further reading
- “symbole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Noun
symbole
- vocative singular of symbolus
Middle French
Alternative forms
- simbole (14th century)
Etymology
Noun
symbole m (plural symboles)
- symbol (image, etc. representing something)
References
- Etymology and history of “symbole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (symbole, supplement)
Norman
Etymology
From Latin symbolus, symbolum (“a sign, mark, token, symbol, in Late Latin also a creed”), from Ancient Greek σύμβολον (súmbolon, “a sign by which one infers something; a mark, token, badge, ticket, tally, check, a signal, watchword, outward sign”).
Noun
symbole m (plural symboles)