noun, feminine/tɥil/plural: tuiles
tile; bad luck, misfortune; tuile (thin cookie)
“Il m’est arrivé une tuile.” — Something bad happened to me.
Synonyms: accident, imprévu
Metathesis of Old French tiule, from Latin tēgula. Doublet of tégule, a borrowing. Compare Italian tegola. Compare also Middle French teille, the Champenois form inherited from Vulgar Latin *tegla.