Cecile

English

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

Cecile

/səˈsiːl/

Rhymes with -iːl

Where it comes from

From French Cécile, from Anglo-Norman Cecile, from Latin Caecilia.

proper noun

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."

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"Cecile." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cecile. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Cecile. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cecile

Chicago

"Cecile." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cecile.

BibTeX

@misc{cecile_2026,
  title = {Cecile},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cecile},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}