aveugle

See also: aveuglé

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French aveugle from Old French avogle, from Late Latin ab oculīs (without eyes, literally away from the eyes), possibly a calque of Ancient Greek ἀπὸ ὀμμάτων (apò ommátōn) or more likely from Gaulish exops.

The current French form is either an exception to the normal sound shift from Latin '-cl-' or a semi-learned formation; cf. the dialectal and popular aveuil (older aveule, avule); see also œil.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.vœɡl/
  • (file)
  • Homophones: aveuglent, aveugles
  • Hyphenation: a‧veugle

Adjective

aveugle (plural aveugles)

  1. blind (physically unable to see)
    une personne aveuglea blind person
  2. (figuratively) blind (having poor judgement; unable or unwilling to acknowledge, or to put any effort toward understanding)
  3. (figuratively) blind (unguided or unchecked by objective judgement)
    amour aveugleblind love
    foi aveugleblind faith

Derived terms

Noun

aveugle m or f by sense (plural aveugles)

  1. a blind man or woman

Synonyms

Derived terms

Verb

aveugle

  1. inflection of aveugler:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

See also

Further reading

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