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ciel

See also: cièl, cieľ, ĉiel, and -ciel

English

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Verb

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ciel (third-person singular simple present ciels, present participle cieling, simple past and past participle cieled)

  1. Alternative form of ceil

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Aragonese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Navarro-Aragonese ciel, cielo, from Latin caelum, from Proto-Italic *kailom, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂i-lom (“whole”), from *keh₂i-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈθjel/
  • Rhymes: -el
  • Syllabification: ciel

Noun

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ciel m (plural ciels)

  1. sky
  2. heaven

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French ciel, from Latin caelum, from Proto-Italic *kailom, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂i-lom (“whole”), from *keh₂i-.

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  • IPA(key): /sjɛl/
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  • Audio (Paris):(file)

Noun

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ciel m (plural cieux or ciels)

  1. sky
  2. heaven
    On croyait au ciel. ― We believed in heaven.

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In poetic or religious senses, often in the plural: Notre Père qui es aux cieux... ― Our Father who art in heaven...

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Descendants

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  • Haitian Creole: syèl

Noun

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ciel m (plural ciels)

  1. canopy (of a bed, etc.)

Interjection

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ciel

  1. heavens!

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Italian

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Noun

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ciel m (apocopated)

  1. Apocopic form of cielo

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Norman

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Etymology

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From Old French ciel, from Latin caelum.

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Noun

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ciel m (plural cieux)

  1. (Jersey) sky

Old French

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Etymology

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From Latin caelum. The nominative singular derives from attested Vulgar Latin caelus.

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Noun

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ciel oblique singular, m (oblique plural cieus or ciex or ciels, nominative singular cieus or ciex or ciels, nominative plural ciel)

  1. heaven

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Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ɕɛl/
  • Rhymes: -ɛl
  • Syllabification: ciel

Verb

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ciel

  1. second-person singular imperative of cielić

Volapük

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Noun

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ciel (nominative plural ciels)

  1. gill

Declension

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declension of ciel
singular plural
nominative ciel ciels
genitive ciela cielas
dative ciele cieles
accusative cieli cielis
vocative 1 o ciel! o ciels!
predicative 2 cielu cielus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
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