Explore émile through 9 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like character. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
émile meaning
A male given name from Latin of Latin origin, an anglicized spelling of French Émile.
Synonyms of émile
Using émile
- The main meaning on this page is: A male given name from Latin of Latin origin, an anglicized spelling of French Émile.
- Useful related words include: fictional character, fictitious character, character.
- In the example corpus, émile often appears in combinations such as: émile zola, by émile, émile borel.
Context around émile
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for émile
- In this selection, "émile" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, woman, named, novelist, zola, jacques and cohl stand out and add context to how "émile" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include art historian émile mâle has and husband while émile as representative. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "émile" sits close to words such as aaryan, abating and absolved, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with émile
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Émile was still Émile, and sometimes I was envious of him for that reason. (14 words)
Émile Coué Émile Coué (1857–1926) assisted Ambroise-Auguste Liébeault for around two years at Nancy. (16 words)
Émile and I read it over breakfast one morning, and we were both brought to tears. (16 words)
A nineteenth-century writer I read earlier whom I admired and thought about a lot was Émile Zola—especially his journalistic approach to fiction in “,” which is both an indictment of the horrors of a coal miner’s existence and just a great novel. (44 words)
As the eminent medievalist and art historian Émile Mâle has pointed out, the Middle Ages was the age of the encyclopedia, and the medieval church, an encyclopedia in visible form, is a veritable compendium of all human wisdom and knowledge. (40 words)
Former students of the private Émile Cohl art school in Lyon flagged up on social media that a picture taken of a group visit to a gallery had been doctored on a promotional website for the college in the US. (40 words)
Example sentences (9)
Émile was still Émile, and sometimes I was envious of him for that reason.
Émile Coué Émile Coué (1857–1926) assisted Ambroise-Auguste Liébeault for around two years at Nancy.
Sophie, the young woman Émile is destined to marry, as a representative of ideal womanhood, is educated to be governed by her husband while Émile, as representative of the ideal man, is educated to be self-governing.
A nineteenth-century writer I read earlier whom I admired and thought about a lot was Émile Zola—especially his journalistic approach to fiction in “,” which is both an indictment of the horrors of a coal miner’s existence and just a great novel.
Émile and I read it over breakfast one morning, and we were both brought to tears.
The film follows a murderer named Émile (Jacques Perrin) who targets women he believes are too depressed to keep living.
The French film title comes from the headline of the Dreyfusard article by the novelist Émile Zola that accuses several members of the military and the government of malfeasance.
As the eminent medievalist and art historian Émile Mâle has pointed out, the Middle Ages was the age of the encyclopedia, and the medieval church, an encyclopedia in visible form, is a veritable compendium of all human wisdom and knowledge.
Former students of the private Émile Cohl art school in Lyon flagged up on social media that a picture taken of a group visit to a gallery had been doctored on a promotional website for the college in the US.
Common combinations with émile
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- émile zola 13×
- by émile 7×
- émile borel 4×
- émile cohl 3×
- émile was 2×
- émile and 2×
- émile coué 2×
- émile is 2×
- was émile 2×
- émile gaboriau 2×