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deuil.

bereavement

5 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/dœj/

  1. bereavement

    countable · masculine · uncountable

  2. mourning

    masculine · uncountable
    deuil national

  3. mourning (clothes)

    countable · masculine

  4. funeral procession

    countable · masculine · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Alteration of Old French duel, plural dueus (possibly influenced by analogy to œil and its plural), which probably came from Late Latin dolus, a derivative of Latin dolor (“pain”), or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *dolium, from cordolium.

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