"velléité" meaning in French

See velléité in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /vɛ.le.i.te/, /ve.le.i.te/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-velléité.wav Forms: velléités [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin velleitātem, from velle (“to will”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|ML.|velleitās|velleitātem}} Borrowed from Medieval Latin velleitātem Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} velléité f (plural velléités)
  1. velleity (weak desire to do something) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-velléité-fr-noun-d-UP32dT
  2. (figurative) hint (weak form of something) Tags: feminine, figuratively
    Sense id: en-velléité-fr-noun-4WHXKQOr Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: velléitaire (english: weak-willed)

Inflected forms

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    }
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "velleity (weak desire to do something)"
      ],
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          "velleity",
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        [
          "desire",
          "desire#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "_dis": "18 82",
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          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
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        },
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          "_dis": "16 84",
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        }
      ],
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          "text": "une velléité de sourire",
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        }
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        "hint (weak form of something)"
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        "(figurative) hint (weak form of something)"
      ],
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      ]
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    },
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    "French nouns",
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    "French terms derived from Medieval Latin",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    {
      "english": "weak-willed",
      "word": "velléitaire"
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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      ],
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          "desire",
          "desire#English"
        ]
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      ]
    },
    {
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      ],
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        }
      ],
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        "(figurative) hint (weak form of something)"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ve.le.i.te/"
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