French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French aigle, from Old French aigle, itself either borrowed from Old Occitan aigla or taken from Latin aquila, though not as a popular term. Cf. the Old French and regional form aille, which may be popularly inherited.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɛɡl/
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Noun

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aigle m (plural aigles)

  1. eagle (any of a number of species of birds of prey)
  2. (figuratively) a man of ingenuity and superior talent; a genius

Usage notes

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  • The term aigle doesn't have a one-to-one translation between French and English. Some species known as eagles in English are known as pygargues in French.

Derived terms

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Noun

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aigle f (plural aigles)

  1. a female eagle
  2. (heraldry) a representation an eagle; the eagle as a heraldic symbol

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Middle French

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Etymology

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From Old French aigle.

Noun

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aigle f (plural aigles)

  1. eagle

Descendants

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  • French: aigle

Old French

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Etymology

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Either borrowed from Old Occitan aigla or taken from Latin aquila. Cf. the variant form aille, which may be popularly inherited.

Noun

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aigle oblique singularm (oblique plural aigles, nominative singular aigles, nominative plural aigle)

  1. eagle (animal)
    • 1260–1267, Brunetto Latini, “De tous Faucons [On all falcons]” (chapter 150), Book 5, in Livres dou Tresor [Book of Treasures]; republished as Polycarpe Chabaille, compiler, Li livres dou tresor par Brunetto Latini[1], Paris: Imprimerie impériale, 1863, page 203:
      La sisisme ligne est sourpoins. Cist est molt grans, et resemble aigle blanche, mais des oilz et des eles et dou bec est il semblables au girfaut
      The sixth kind [of falcon] is the saker. It is very large, and resembles the white eagle; but in the eyes, and in the wings, and in the beak, it is similar to the gyrfalcon

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Scots

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Etymology

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From Middle English egle, from Anglo-Norman egle, from Old French aigle, from Latin aquila.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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aigle (plural aigles)

  1. eagle

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