"voile" meaning in French

See voile in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /vwal/ Forms: voiles [plural]
Etymology: From an Old French voil, veil, from Latin vēlum, from Proto-Indo-European. Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|fro|voil}} Old French voil, {{m|fro|veil}} veil, {{inh|fr|la|vēlum}} Latin vēlum, {{der|fr|ine-pro|-}} Proto-Indo-European Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} voile m (plural voiles)
  1. (countable) veil Tags: countable, masculine Derived forms: lever le voile, prendre le voile, toutes voiles dehors, voile du palais, voile intégral
    Sense id: en-voile-fr-noun-AZebZu4X
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /vwal/ Forms: voiles [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French voile, veile, veille, from Vulgar Latin *vēla, from the plural of Latin vēlum, from Proto-Indo-European. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|voile|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French voile, {{inh+|fr|fro|voile}} Inherited from Old French voile, {{m|fro|veile}} veile, {{m|fro|veille}} veille, {{inh|fr|VL.|*vēla}} Vulgar Latin *vēla, {{inh|fr|la|vēlum}} Latin vēlum, {{der|fr|ine-pro|-}} Proto-Indo-European Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} voile f (plural voiles)
  1. (countable) sail Tags: countable, feminine
    Sense id: en-voile-fr-noun-0DUKYGTe
  2. (uncountable, sports) sailing Tags: feminine, uncountable Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-voile-fr-noun-jOF8Fth6 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French nouns that have different meanings depending on their gender Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 19 2 79 Disambiguation of French nouns that have different meanings depending on their gender: 26 12 62 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: à voile et à vapeur, faire de la voile, hisser les voiles, mettre les voiles, planche à voile, voile latine, voiler, voilier, vol à voile
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for voile meaning in French (5.0kB)

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