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noun, masculine

seuil

/sœj/

noun, masculine/sœj/plural: seuils

threshold (of a doorway); doorstep; threshold, level; threshold (demarcation between the limit or end of one state of being and the beginning or commencement of the next); weir; threshold (limit or boundary)

au-delà d'un certain seuilbeyond a certain threshold

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *solium, a blend of Latin solum (“flat ground”) + solea (“flat object, sandal”). Compare Italian soglia.