"velours" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /və.luʁ/ Audio: Fr-velours.ogg Forms: velours [plural]
Rhymes: -uʁ Etymology: Inherited from Old French velor, an alteration of velos, either from velu (“hairy”) + -os (“-ous”), or a borrowing from Old Occitan velos; either way, from Latin villus. Cognate with English velvet and a doublet of villeux. Etymology templates: {{root|fr|ine-pro|*h₂welh₁-|id=wool}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|velor|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French velor, {{inh+|fr|fro|velor}} Inherited from Old French velor, {{der|fr|pro|velos}} Old Occitan velos, {{der|fr|la|villus}} Latin villus, {{cog|en|velvet}} English velvet, {{doublet|fr|villeux|nocap=1}} doublet of villeux Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} velours m (plural velours)
  1. velvet Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-velours-fr-noun-9MRCZqLf Categories (other): Borage family plants Disambiguation of Borage family plants: 82 18
  2. (Réunion) Synonym of héliotrope argenté (“velvetleaf soldierbush”) (Heliotropium arboreum) Tags: masculine Synonyms: héliotrope argenté [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-velours-fr-noun-x2~GaPg~ Categories (other): Réunion French, French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Fabrics Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 81 Disambiguation of Fabrics: 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: velours côtelé, velours d’Utrecht 
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      "word": "velours côtelé"
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    }
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            "1": "tr",
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: velur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: velur"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂welh₁-",
        "id": "wool"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Old French velor",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "fro",
        "3": "velor"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "velos"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Occitan velos",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "villus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin villus",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "velvet"
      },
      "expansion": "English velvet",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "villeux",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "doublet of villeux",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Old French velor, an alteration of velos, either from velu (“hairy”) + -os (“-ous”), or a borrowing from Old Occitan velos; either way, from Latin villus. Cognate with English velvet and a doublet of villeux.",
  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "_dis": "82 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Borage family plants",
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        }
      ],
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      ],
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          "velvet",
          "velvet"
        ]
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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          "name": "Réunion French",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 68",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 65",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Fabrics",
          "orig": "fr:Fabrics",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of héliotrope argenté (“velvetleaf soldierbush”) (Heliotropium arboreum)"
      ],
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          "héliotrope argenté#French"
        ],
        [
          "velvetleaf soldierbush",
          "velvetleaf soldierbush"
        ],
        [
          "Paris",
          "w:Paris"
        ],
        [
          "Delachaux et Niestlé",
          "w:fr:Delachaux et Niestlé"
        ]
      ],
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        "(Réunion) Synonym of héliotrope argenté (“velvetleaf soldierbush”) (Heliotropium arboreum)"
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          "tags": [
            "synonym",
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          ],
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        }
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/və.luʁ/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uʁ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "velours"
}

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    "French countable nouns",
    "French doublets",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French lemmas",
    "French masculine nouns",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms derived from Latin",
    "French terms derived from Old French",
    "French terms derived from Old Occitan",
    "French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "French terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂welh₁- (wool)",
    "French terms inherited from Old French",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:French/uʁ",
    "Rhymes:French/uʁ/2 syllables",
    "fr:Borage family plants",
    "fr:Fabrics"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "velours côtelé"
    },
    {
      "word": "velours d’Utrecht"
    }
  ],
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: velour",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: velour"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "velour",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: velour",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: velour"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "velur",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: velur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: velur"
    }
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        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
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        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "pro",
        "3": "velos"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Occitan velos",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "villus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin villus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "velvet"
      },
      "expansion": "English velvet",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "villeux",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "doublet of villeux",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Old French velor, an alteration of velos, either from velu (“hairy”) + -os (“-ous”), or a borrowing from Old Occitan velos; either way, from Latin villus. Cognate with English velvet and a doublet of villeux.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "velours",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "velours m (plural velours)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        "velvet"
      ],
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          "velvet"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    },
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        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
        "Réunion French"
      ],
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        "Synonym of héliotrope argenté (“velvetleaf soldierbush”) (Heliotropium arboreum)"
      ],
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        ],
        [
          "velvetleaf soldierbush",
          "velvetleaf soldierbush"
        ],
        [
          "Paris",
          "w:Paris"
        ],
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          "Delachaux et Niestlé",
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        ]
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        "(Réunion) Synonym of héliotrope argenté (“velvetleaf soldierbush”) (Heliotropium arboreum)"
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          ],
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      ],
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    }
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      "ipa": "/və.luʁ/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uʁ"
    }
  ],
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}

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