different between saule vs sault

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??l/

Noun

saule (plural saules)

1. Obsolete form of soul.
   • 1802, Walter Scott, "Lyke-Wake Dirge", in Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border

     To purgatory fire thou comest at laste ; And Christe receive thye saule.

2. (Scotland, obsolete) A hired mourner at a funeral.

Anagrams

• EULAs, Laues, esaul

French

Etymology

From Middle French saule, from Old French saule (“willow”), from Gaulish salico (“willow”), from Proto-Celtic *salik, from Proto-Indo-European *sal??-, *sal?k- (“willow”). Cognate with Old High German salaha (“willow”), Old English sealh (“willow”), Latin salix (“willow, willow branch”), Middle Irish sail (“willow”). More at sallow.

Old French saule displaced Old French sauz (“willow”), from Latin salix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sol/
• Rhymes: -ol
• Homophone: saules

Noun

saule m (plural saules)

1. willow, willow tree

Derived terms

• saule pleureur

Further reading

• “saule” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• salue, salué

Latgalian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *saul-, from Proto-Indo-European *sóh?wl?. Cognates include Latvian saule and Lithuanian saul?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sau?l?æ/

Noun

saule f

1. sun

Declension

References

• Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, ?ISBN, page 11

Latvian

Alternative forms

• Saule

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *saul-, *saul?-, from Proto-Indo-European *sóh?wl?, *s?wel-, *swel- (“sun”) (from Proto-Indo-European *s?u- (“to shine, to sparkle”), with a suffix -l). Cognates include Lithuanian sául?, Old Prussian saule, Gothic ???????????????????? (sauil),Ancient Greek ????? (h?lios) (< *s?wel-iyos), Old Norse sól (Icelandic sól, Swedish sol), Latin s?l (< *sw?l; Spanish sol, Portuguese sol, Italian sole, French soleil, originally a diminutive). With suffix -n instead of -l, cognates include Gothic ???????????????????? (sunn?), Old High German, Old Norse sunna (German Sonne, English sun). Hybrid forms with both -l and -n include Proto-Slavic *s?ln?, whence Proto-Slavic *s?ln?ce, a diminutive (compare Russian ??????? (sólnce)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [s??le]

Noun

saule f (5th declension)

1. sun (the star at the center of the Solar System, from which light and heat reach the Earth)

2. sun, sunlight (the light and heat that comes from the sun; area reached by this light and heat)

3. (poetic) world

Usage notes

When used to refer to the central star of the Solar System, especially if seen as a location, saule is often capitalized: Saule.

Declension

Derived terms

• aizsaule
• pasaule
• saulains
• saulesbrilles, saules brilles
• saules sist?ma
• saules v?jš
• sau?up

Related terms

• sau?ot, sau?oties

References

• saule at tezaurs.lv

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?ul?/

Noun

saule

1. instrumental singular of saul?
2. vocative singular of saul?

English

Etymology 1

Aphetic form of assault.

Noun

sault (plural saults)

1. (obsolete) Assault. [13th-17th c.]

Etymology 2

From Middle French sault, saut, from Latin saltus.

Pronunciation 2

• (US) enPR: so?o, IPA^(key): /su/

Noun

sault (plural saults)

1. (obsolete) A leap or jump, especially one made by a horse. [14th-18th c.]
2. (Canada, US) A waterfall; a rapid. [from 17th c.]

Anagrams

• Altus, Aults, Austl., Latus, Tauls, Tulsa, latus, talus

French

Noun

sault m (plural saults)

1. Archaic form of saut.

Middle French

Noun

sault m (plural saulz)

1. jump
2. waterfall
3. rapids on a watercourse

Related terms

• saulter

See also

• chutes (“waterfall”)
• rapides (“rapids”)