Cecile

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French Cécile, from Anglo-Norman Cecile, from Latin Caecilia.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Cecile

  1. A female given name from Latin.
    • 1989, Ann Richards, Peter Knobler, Straight from the Heart: My Life in Politics and Other Places, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 91:
      […] so I named my baby Lynn Cecile. My mother asked, "What are you going to call her? You can't call her "Seal" because then I'll think of something slick and wet."

Related terms[edit]

Cebuano[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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  • Hyphenation: Ce‧cile

Proper noun[edit]

Cecile

  1. a female given name

Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Latin Caecilia

Proper noun[edit]

Cecile f (nominative singular Cecile)

  1. a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Cecilia or Cecile

Descendants[edit]

  • French: Cécile
  • → Irish: Síle
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