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
Adjective
aveugle (plural aveugles)
- blind (physically unable to see)
- une personne aveugle ― a blind person
- (figuratively) blind (having poor judgement; unable or unwilling to acknowledge, or to put any effort toward understanding)
- (figuratively) blind (unguided or unchecked by objective judgement)
- amour aveugle ― blind love
- foi aveugle ― blind faith
Derived terms
Derived terms
- aveuglement
- aveugle-né
- bien vu l’aveugle
- fenêtre aveugle
- il n’est pire aveugle que celui qui ne veut pas voir
- point aveugle
- tache aveugle
Derived terms
Verb
aveugle
- inflection of aveugler:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
See also
Further reading
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “ab oculis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, pages 35–37
- “aveugle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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