Inherited fromMiddle Frenchaigle, fromOld Frenchaigle, itself either borrowed fromOld Occitanaigla or taken fromLatinaquila, though not as a popular term. Cf. the Old French and regional formaille, which may be popularly inherited.
aigle m (pluralaigles)
- eagle (any of a number of species of birds of prey)
- (figuratively) a man ofingenuity andsuperiortalent; agenius
- The termaigle doesn't have aone-to-one translation between French and English. Some species known aseagles in English are known aspygargues in French.
aigle f (pluralaigles)
- afemaleeagle
- (heraldry) a representation an eagle; the eagle as a heraldic symbol
FromOld Frenchaigle.
aigle f (pluralaigles)
- eagle
Either borrowed fromOld Occitanaigla or taken fromLatinaquila. Cf. the variant formaille, which may be popularly inherited.
aigleoblique singular, m (oblique pluralaigles,nominative singularaigles,nominative pluralaigle)
- eagle(animal)
1260–1267,Brunetto Latini, “De tous Faucons [On all falcons]” (chapter 150),Book 5, inLivres dou Tresor [Book of Treasures]; republished as Polycarpe Chabaille, compiler,Li livres dou tresor par Brunetto Latini[1], Paris: Imprimerie impériale,1863,page203:La sisisme ligne est sourpoins. Cist est molt grans, et resembleaigle blanche, mais des oilz et des eles et dou bec est il semblables au girfaut- The sixth kind [of falcon] is the saker. It is very large, and resembles the whiteeagle; but in the eyes, and in the wings, and in the beak, it is similar to the gyrfalcon
FromMiddle Englishegle, fromAnglo-Normanegle, fromOld Frenchaigle, fromLatinaquila.
aigle (pluralaigles)
- eagle
