German

Noun

Symbole

1. plural of Symbol

English

Noun

symbole ‎(plural symboles)

1. Obsolete form of symbol.

French

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin symbolum, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛ̃.bɔl/
• Rhymes: -ɔl

Noun

symbole m ‎(plural symboles)

1. symbol (all meanings)

Derived terms

• symbolique
  • symboliquement

Latin

Noun

symbole

1. vocative singular of symbolus

Middle French

Alternative forms

• simbole (14th century)

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin symbolum.

Noun

symbole m (plural symboles)

1. symbol (image, etc. representing something)

References

• “symbole” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (symbole, supplement)

Norman

Etymology

From Latin symbolus, symbolum ‎(“a sign, mark, token, symbol, in Late Latin also a creed”), from Ancient Greek σύμβολον ‎(súmbolon, “a sign by which one infers something; a mark, token, badge, ticket, tally, check, a signal, watchword, outward sign”).

Noun

symbole m ‎(plural symboles)

1. (Jersey) creed