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ciel

/sjɛl/

noun, masculine/sjɛl/plural: cieux

sky; heaven

“On croyait au ciel.” — We believed in heaven.

Inherited from Middle French ciel, from Old French ciel, from Latin caelum, from Proto-Italic *kailom, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂i-lom (“whole”), from *keh₂i-.

noun, masculine/sjɛl/plural: ciels

canopy (of a bed, etc.)

Inherited from Middle French ciel, from Old French ciel, from Latin caelum, from Proto-Italic *kailom, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂i-lom (“whole”), from *keh₂i-.

interjection/sjɛl/

heavens!

Inherited from Middle French ciel, from Old French ciel, from Latin caelum, from Proto-Italic *kailom, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂i-lom (“whole”), from *keh₂i-.