siecle

== French == === Pronunciation === === Noun === siecle m (plural siecles) obsolete form of siècle === Further reading === “siècle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === ciselé, cisèle == Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French siecle. === Noun === siecle m (plural siecles) century (period of 100 years) ==== Descendants ==== French: siècle, siecle (obsolete)Haitian Creole: syèkSwedish: sekel Norman: siaeclle (Guernsey), siècl'ye (Jersey) == Old French == === Alternative forms === === Etymology === Semi-learned borrowing from Latin saeculum (the expected inherited form would be *sieil). === Noun === siecle oblique singular, m (oblique plural siecles, nominative singular siecles, nominative plural siecle) generation, lifetime age, time century (period of 100 years) worldliness; the world ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: siecleFrench: siècle, siecle (obsolete)Haitian Creole: syèkSwedish: sekelNorman: siaeclle (Guernsey), siècl'ye (Jersey) === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “siecle”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. secle on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub Etymology and history of “siècle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012