Noun: aïeul
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | aïeul |
| Singular f | aïeule |
| Plural m | aïeuls; aïeux |
Sample Sentences
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Ô Canada, terre de nos aïeux,/ton front est ceint de fleurons glorieux! (O Canada, land of our forefathers, thy brow is wreathed with glorious garlands!) [1880, “Ô Canada”, Adolphe-Basile Routhier (lyrics), Calixa Lavallée (music):]
Nouns inflected like aïeul
aïeul,
Etymology
Inherited from Old French aiol, aiuel, from Vulgar Latin *aviolus, ultimately from Latin avus. See: Latin Nouns '
avus'.
Verbs referencing "aïeul"
English Nouns
tresayle, English Nouns
ayel.
Translations