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l' œil
eye
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How do you say œil in French?
How do you pronounce œil in French?
œil is pronounced /lœj/ in French.
Example sentences
Le vieil œil du capitaine observait l'horizon avec attention.
The old captain's eye was observing the horizon with attention.
Son œil bleu était si perçant que tous les criminels avaient peur de lui.
His blue eye was so piercing that all criminals were afraid of him.
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Why is it masculine?
Œil is masculine because it derives from Latin "oculus" (masculine), which followed the standard Latin second declension masculine noun pattern; French inherited this grammatical gender along with the word, though the form underwent significant phonetic changes over centuries.
What is the French word for eye?
The French word for eye is l' œil — masculine.
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