saoul
French
Alternative forms
- soûl
- soul (post-1990 spelling)
Etymology
From Old French saül, saol, inherited from Latin satullus, diminutive of satur (“full”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /su/
Audio (file) - Homophones: saouls, sou, sous
Adjective
saoul (feminine saoule, masculine plural saouls, feminine plural saoules)
- drunk
- Synonym: ivre
- À colombe saoule les cerises sont amères.
- To a drunk dove, even cherries are bitter.
- (obsolete) sated
Related terms
- dessaouler
- saouler
Further reading
- “saoul”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- louas, soula, soûla