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soir.

evening

4 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/swaʁ/Europe/swɑːʁ/Canada, French, standard/swɛː(ɾ)//swɛːʁ/

  1. evening

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Italic *sēros Latin sērus Proto-Indo-European *-éad Proto-Italic *-ōd Latin -ō Latin sērō Old French seir Old French soir French soir Inherited from Old French soir, from earlier seir, from Latin sērō (“late”, adverb), from sērus (“late”).

verb

  1. post-1990 spelling of seoir

    defective
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