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French
Etymology
Inherited 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
Noun
soie f (plural soies)
- silk
cri de la soie- a description of the sound of rubbing a rough knitted silken necktie against itself
- bristle
- tang (of a blade)
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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɔ.je/
- Rhymes: -ɔje
- Hyphenation: sò‧ie
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
soie f
- plural of soia
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Determiner
soie f pl
- (Old Italian) alternative form of sue, feminine plural of suo
1350s, anonymous author, “Como frate Venturino venne a Roma colle palommelle e dello campanile de Santo Pietro lo quale fu arzo. ” (chapter 6), in Cronica (overall work in Old Italian); republished as Giuseppe Porta, editor, Anonimo romano - Cronica, Adelphi, 1979, →ISBN:uno frate predicatore, lo quale avea nome frate Venturino de Bergamo de Lommardia, dello ordine de santo Domenico, commosse con soie predicazioni devote la maiure parte de Lommardia (Romanesco)- a preacher, who was named fra Venturino from Bergamo in Lombardy, of the Order of Saint Dominic, moved the larger part of Lombardy with his devout preachings
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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
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Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Old French
Etymology
From Latin seta, saeta.
Noun
soie oblique singular, f (oblique plural soies, nominative singular soie, nominative plural soies)
- silk
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