"houille" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /uj/ Audio: Fr-houille.ogg Forms: houilles [plural]
Etymology: From Old Walloon (Liégeois) hulhes ( > modern Wallon hoye), probably from Frankish *hukila (“pile, mound”), a diminutive form (compare dialectal Dutch heukel). Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|wa|-}} Walloon, {{m|wa|hulhes}} hulhes, {{m|wa|hoye}} hoye, {{der|fr|frk|*hukila||pile, mound}} Frankish *hukila (“pile, mound”), {{m|nl|heukel}} heukel Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} houille f (plural houilles)
  1. stone coal, mineral coal Tags: feminine Derived forms: gaz de houille Related terms: charbon

Inflected forms

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          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: hulha",
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        }
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      "text": "→ Portuguese: hulha"
    },
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Romanian: huilă",
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      "text": "→ Romanian: huilă"
    },
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            "2": "hulla",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Spanish: hulla",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "→ Spanish: hulla"
    }
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        "4": "",
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    }
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        {
          "word": "gaz de houille"
        }
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          "stone coal"
        ],
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          "mineral coal"
        ]
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        {
          "word": "charbon"
        }
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    }
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: hulha",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: hulha"
    },
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        {
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: huilă",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: huilă"
    },
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            "2": "hulla",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: hulla",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: hulla"
    }
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      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
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        "4": "",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "2": "heukel"
      },
      "expansion": "heukel",
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    }
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      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "charbon"
    }
  ],
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        "French nouns",
        "French terms derived from Frankish",
        "French terms derived from Walloon",
        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "French terms with aspirated h",
        "French terms with audio links",
        "French undefined derivations"
      ],
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      ],
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          "mineral coal"
        ]
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