soif

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

soif

from Latin sitis . in Old French, sei, soi. The passage from soi to soif seems to be due to a false analogy with the word neif, noif (subject case nois), ("snow") and to avoid the homophony with soi and soit.

Definitions

Plural

soifs

Translations

  • germangerman:Gier
  • englishenglish:thirst
  • arabicarabic:عطش
  • danishdanish:tørst
  • spanishspanish:sed
  • greekgreek:δίψα
  • italianitalian:sete
  • dutchdutch:dorst
  • polishpolish:pragnienie
  • portugueseportuguese:sede
  • russianrussian:жажда
  • swedishswedish:törst
  • turkishturkish:susuzluk

See also

soiffeur (cn.) soiffer (v.)