cédule
See also: cedule
French
Etymology
From Old French cedule, borrowed from Latin schedula, diminutive of scheda. Compare Portuguese and Spanish cédula.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /se.dyl/
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Noun
cédule f (plural cédules)
- (dated) debt certificate, borrower's note, payment agreement
- 1844–1846, Alexandre Dumas, chapter XVIII, in Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, volume 2, published 1889:
- Danglars voulut au moins se donner le mérite de la bonne volonté ; il prit la plume et le papier que lui présentait Peppino, écrivit la cédule, et signa.
- Danglars thought it as well to comply with a good grace, so he took the pen, ink, and paper Peppino offered him, wrote the draft, and signed it.
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- (by extension) note
- Synonym: billet
- (Canada) schedule
- Synonym: emploi du temps
Descendants
- → English: cedule
Further reading
- “cédule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.