noun, masculine/djø/plural: dieux
a god, male divinity
Synonyms: divinité
Related: demi-dieu, dieudonné m & adjective, dieux du ciel, grand Dieu, homme de dieu, jurer ses grands dieux
Inherited from Middle French dieu, from Old French deu, from Latin deus, from Old Latin deivos, from Proto-Italic *deiwos, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós.