seul

Inherited from Latin solus. Doublet of solo, which is a borrowing from Italian.

• IPA^(key): /sœl/

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seul (feminine singular seule, masculine plural seuls, feminine plural seules)

1. lonely, alone
2. only
3. single

• seulement
• tout seul

• “seul” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• élus, lues

From Old French sol, soul (“alone”), from Latin sōlus (“alone, sole, only”).

seul m

1. (Jersey) alone