œil

== French == === Alternative forms === oeil (nonstandard) === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French œil, from Old French oil, uel, ueil (plural olz, ialz), from Vulgar Latin oclus, from Latin oculus. Doublet of oculus, a borrowing. Cognate with Spanish ojo, Portuguese olho, Galician ollo, Italian occhio, Romanian ochi and Catalan ull. For the phonetic development of the plural, see yeux. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /œj/ Homophone: œils Rhymes: -œj === Noun === œil m (plural yeux or œils) (anatomy, plural yeux) eye, organ that is sensitive to light, helping organisms to see (plural œils) glyph, rendering of a single character (plural œils) eye (of a needle) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== inoculer oculaire oculiste ==== Descendants ==== (from les yeux) Mauritian Creole: lizie Saint Dominican Creole French: z'yeu Haitian Creole: zye Haitian Creole: je === Further reading === “œil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle French == === Alternative forms === oeil === Etymology === From Old French ueil. === Noun === œil m (plural yeulx) (anatomy) eye ==== Descendants ====