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sosie

double

noun soh-ZEE Rare
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Origin: from Sosie, a character in Molière's 'Amphitryon'

Also means

lookalike

Usage Note

Sosie comes from the character Sosias in classical comedy, most famously Molière's 'Amphitryon,' where a servant's double causes comic confusion. Today it simply means a person who is the spitting image of someone else. The phrase être le sosie de quelqu'un means 'to be someone's double.' The word can be masculine or feminine depending on the person referred to.

Examples

"On dit qu'il est le sosie d'un acteur célèbre."

Natural Translation

People say he is the double of a famous actor.

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