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Yes. The word ciel is a Scrabble US word. The word ciel is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

C3I1E1L1

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Yes. The word ciel is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

C3I1E1L1

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4-letter words (3 found)

CEIL,CIEL,LICE,

3-letter words (4 found)

CEL,ICE,LEI,LIE,

2-letter words (2 found)

EL,LI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 10 words from ciel according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ciel

ciel

English

Verb

ciel (third-person singular simple present ciels, present participle cieling, simple past and past participle cieled)

  1. Alternative form of ceil.

Anagrams

  • -icle, Celi, ICLE, ILEC, Icel., ceil, lice

Aragonese

Alternative forms

  • cielo

Etymology

Inherited from Old Navarro-Aragonese ciel, cielo, from Latin caelum, from Proto-Italic *kailom, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂i-lom (“whole”), from *keh₂i-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθjel/
  • IPA(key): /ˈsjel/ (Benasquese)
  • Syllabification: ciel
  • Rhymes: -el

Noun

ciel m (plural ciels)

  1. sky
  2. heaven

References

  • Diccionario ortografico de l'aragonés (Seguntes la PO de l'EFA)
  • Ortografía de l'aragonés

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French ciel, from Latin caelum, from Proto-Italic *kailom, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂i-lom (“whole”), from *keh₂i-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sjɛl/

Noun

ciel m (plural cieux or ciels)

  1. sky
  2. heaven
    On croyait au ciel. ― We believed in heaven.

Usage notes

In poetic or religious senses, often in the plural: Notre Père qui es aux cieux... ― Our Father who art in heaven...

Derived terms

Related terms

  • céleste

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: syèl

Noun

ciel m (plural ciels)

  1. canopy (of a bed, etc.)

Interjection

ciel

  1. heavens!

Further reading

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

Italian

Noun

ciel m (apocopated)

  1. apocopic form of cielo

Anagrams

  • Cile, celi, elci

Norman

Etymology

From Old French ciel, from Latin caelum.

Pronunciation

Noun

ciel m (plural cieux)

  1. (Jersey) sky

Old French

Alternative forms

  • cel

Etymology

From Latin caelum. The nominative singular derives from attested Vulgar Latin caelus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtsi͡ɛl/

Noun

ciel oblique singular, m (oblique plural cieus or ciex or ciels, nominative singular cieus or ciex or ciels, nominative plural ciel)

  1. heaven

Descendants

  • Bourguignon: cier
  • French: ciel
    • Haitian Creole: syèl
  • Norman: ciel, cyil, cyi, syel
  • Walloon: cir

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ɕɛl/
  • Rhymes: -ɛl
  • Syllabification: ciel

Verb

ciel

  1. second-person singular imperative of cielić

Volapük

Noun

ciel (nominative plural ciels)

  1. gill

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org