Cecile
/səˈsiːl/
Cecile proper noun: a female given name from Latin.
Proper noun
Cecile
- A female given name from Latin.
- […] so I named my baby Lynn Cecile. My mother asked, "What are you going to call her? You can't call her "Seal" because then I'll think of something slick and wet."1989, Ann Richards, Peter Knobler, Straight from the Heart: My Life in Politics and Other Places, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 91
Origin of Cecile
From French Cécile, from Anglo-Norman Cecile, from Latin Caecilia.
Words that rhyme with Cecile
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- keel
- anneal
- creel
- peal
- peel
- sweal
- congeal
- Izmail
- kneel
- meal
- Neale
- streal
- weal
- awheel
- Castile
- cochineal
- feal
- heal
- Lille
- ordeal
- repeal
- sele
- squeal
- teal
- zeal
- ceil
- debile
- dishabille
- hele
- leal
- lifesteal
- Neil
- Niel
- O'Neill
- reveal
- schlemiel
- seel
- she'll
- shiel
- skeel
- spiel
- square meal
- unseal
- veal
- we'll
- weel
- ye'll
- -meal
Questions about Cecile
- What does Cecile mean?
- Cecile means a female given name from Latin.
- What part of speech is Cecile?
- Cecile is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Cecile?
- Cecile is pronounced /səˈsiːl/.
Words near Cecile in the dictionary
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