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French
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *solium, a blend of Latin solum (“flat ground”) + solea (“flat object, sandal”).
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Noun
seuil m (plural seuils)
- threshold (of a doorway); doorstep
- threshold, level
- au-delà d’un certain seuil ― beyond a certain threshold
- (literary or potentially, archaic) threshold (demarcation between the limit or end of one state of being and the beginning or commencement of the next)
- weir
- threshold (limit or boundary)
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