aïeul

From Old French aiol, aiuel, from Vulgar Latin *aviolus, ultimately from Latin avus.

• IPA^(key): /a.jœl/

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aïeul m (plural aïeuls or aïeux, feminine aïeule)

1. grandfather; grandparent

   Synonyms: grand-père; grand-parent

2. (by extension) ancestor, forefather

   Synonyms: ancêtre, ascendant, père, grand-père

3. (by extension) old man

   Synonyms: vieillard, vieux, grand-père

• The irregular plural aïeux is now used only in the sense of “ancestors, forefathers”.

• bisaïeul
• trisaïeul
• quadrisaïeul
• quinquisaïeul

• “aïeul”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.