"soif" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [French]

IPA: /swaf/ Audio: Fr-soif.ogg Forms: soifs [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French soif, from earlier seif, seit, from Latin sitis. The unetymological -f seems to have been inserted, following cases such as Old French noif (“snow”), possibly to avoid homophony with soit (“[may] it be”) and soi (“-self”). Etymology templates: {{dercat|fr|ine-pro|<}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|soif|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French soif, {{inh+|fr|fro|soif}} Inherited from Old French soif, {{m|fro|seif}} seif, {{m|fro|seit}} seit, {{inh|fr|la|sitis}} Latin sitis, {{m|fr||-f}} -f, {{cog|fro|noif|t=snow}} Old French noif (“snow”), {{m|fr|soit|t=􂀿may􂁀 it be}} soit (“[may] it be”), {{m|fr|soi|t=-self}} soi (“-self”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} soif f (plural soifs)
  1. thirst Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-soif-fr-noun-cLGNW9rY Categories (other): French terms with collocations, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 55 45
  2. (figuratively) thirst, desire Tags: feminine, figuratively
    Sense id: en-soif-fr-noun-BOb29ZWF Categories (other): French terms with collocations, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: assoiffé, soiffard

Noun [Old French]

Etymology: From Latin sitis. Etymology templates: {{inh|fro|la|sitis}} Latin sitis Head templates: {{head|fro|noun|g=m|g2=f}} soif m or f
  1. thirst Tags: feminine, masculine Synonyms: sai, sef, sei, seid, seif, seit, seyf, soi
    Sense id: en-soif-fro-noun-cLGNW9rY Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for soif meaning in All languages combined (4.8kB)

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