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tuile.

tile

5 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/tɥil/

  1. tile

    feminine

  2. bad luck, misfortune

    colloquial · feminine
    Il m’est arrivé une tuile.

  3. tuile (thin cookie)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Metathesis of Old French tiule, from Latin tēgula. Doublet of tégule, a borrowing. Compare Italian tegola. Compare also Middle French teille, the Champenois form inherited from Vulgar Latin *tegla.

verb/tɥil/

  1. inflection of tuiler: first/third-person singular present indicative

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person

  2. inflection of tuiler: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
Where this word comes from

Metathesis of Old French tiule, from Latin tēgula. Doublet of tégule, a borrowing. Compare Italian tegola. Compare also Middle French teille, the Champenois form inherited from Vulgar Latin *tegla.

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