soie
French
Etymology
From Middle French soye, from Old French soie, earlier seie, from Latin sēta, saeta, from Proto-Italic *saitā, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ito-, *sh₂éyto-, from *sh₂ey-, *seh₂i- (“to bind”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /swa/
soie (file) - Homophones: soi, soient, soies, sois, soit
Noun
soie f (plural soies)
- silk
- bristle
- tang (of a blade)
Derived terms
- mousseline de soie
- peau de soie
- route de la soie
- soie dentaire
- soyeux
- ver à soie
Further reading
- “soie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- oies
Italian
Noun
soie f
- plural of soia
Anagrams
- Iosè, iseo
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish saidid. Cognate to Irish suigh and Scottish Gaelic suidh.
Verb
soie (verbal noun soiaghey)
- to set, settle, set up
- to plant, implant, seat, situate
- to determine, fix, synchronize
- to let
Derived terms
- fo-hoie
- roie-hoie
Mutation
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| soie | hoie after "yn", toie | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Old French
Alternative forms
- seie
Etymology
From Latin seta, saeta.
Noun
soie f (oblique plural soies, nominative singular soie, nominative plural soies)
- silk
Descendants
- Middle French: soye
- French: soie
- Norman: souaie