deuil

French

Etymology

Alteration of Old French duel, plural dueus (possibly influenced by analogy to œil and its plural), which probably came from Late Latin dolus, a derivative of Latin dolor (“pain”), or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *dolium, from cordolium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dœj/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -œj

Noun

deuil m (countable and uncountable, plural deuils)

1. bereavement
2. (uncountable) mourning

   deuil national ― national mourning

3. (countable) mourning (clothes)
4. funeral procession

Derived terms

• endeuiller

Related terms

• douleur
• douloir

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• dilue, dilué, dueil, dulie