soie

French

Etymology

From Middle French soye, from Old French soie, earlier seie, from Latin sēta, saeta, from Proto-Italic *saitā, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ito-, *sh₂éyto-, from *sh₂ey-, *seh₂i- (“to bind”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /swa/
  • soie(file)
  • Homophones: soi, soient, soies, sois, soit

Noun

soie f (plural soies)

  1. silk
  2. bristle
  3. tang (of a blade)

Derived terms

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Anagrams

Italian

Noun

soie f

  1. plural of soia

Anagrams

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish saidid. Cognate to Irish suigh and Scottish Gaelic suidh.

Verb

soie (verbal noun soiaghey)

  1. to set, settle, set up
  2. to plant, implant, seat, situate
  3. to determine, fix, synchronize
  4. to let

Derived terms

Mutation
Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
soiehoie
after "yn", toie		unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin seta, saeta.

Noun

soie f (oblique plural soies, nominative singular soie, nominative plural soies)

  1. silk

Descendants
  • Middle French: soye
  • Norman: souaie
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