symbole
English
Noun
symbole (plural symboles)
- Obsolete form of symbol.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin symbolum, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek σύμβολον (súmbolon).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɛ̃.bɔl/
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Noun
symbole m (plural symboles)
- symbol (all meanings)
Derived terms
- symbolique
- symbolisme
- symbologie
Descendants
Further reading
- “symbole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Latin
Noun
symbole
- vocative singular of symbolus
Middle French
Alternative forms
- simbole (14th century)
Etymology
Noun
symbole m (plural symboles)
- symbol (image, etc. representing something)
References
- Etymology and history of “symbole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
- Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “symbole”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.
Norman
Etymology
From Latin symbolus, symbolum (“a sign, mark, token, symbol, in Late Latin also a creed”), from Ancient Greek σύμβολον (súmbolon, “a sign by which one infers something; a mark, token, badge, ticket, tally, check, a signal, watchword, outward sign”).
Noun
symbole m (plural symboles)