sorel

== English == === Etymology === From Old French sorel. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɒɹəl === Noun === sorel (countable and uncountable, plural sorels) A young buck (deer) in the third year. A yellowish or reddish brown color; sorrel. Obsolete form of sorrel (“the plant”). === References === “sorel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Leros, lores, Roels, loser, Roles, soler, slore, roles, Soler, rôles, eorls, relos, Loser, lo-res, orles, Rosel, Osler == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old French sorel. ==== Alternative forms ==== surele, sorele, sorelle, surell, sorell ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈsurəl/, /ˈsɔrəl/ ==== Noun ==== sorel sorrel (Rumex acetosa) wood sorrel (Oxalis acetosella) The leaves of either of these plants ===== Descendants ===== English: sorrel ===== References ===== “sorel, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 June 2018. === Etymology 2 === From Old French sorel; equivalent to sor (“sorrel”) +‎ -el (diminutive suffix). ==== Alternative forms ==== sorell, sorelle, sowrel ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈsɔrəl/ ==== Adjective ==== sorel (of animals) sorrel (red-brown) ===== Descendants ===== English: sorel, sorrel ===== References ===== “sorel, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 June 2018. ==== Noun ==== sorel (rare) A three-year-old male deer. ===== Descendants ===== English: sorel (obsolete) ===== References ===== “sorel, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 June 2018. == Old French == === Adjective === sorel m (oblique and nominative feminine singular sorele) sorrel (of a reddish-brown color) ==== Descendants ==== → Middle English: sorel English: sorrel, sorel