velléité

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin velleitātem, from velle (“to will”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vɛ.le.i.te/, /ve.le.i.te/
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Noun

velléité f (plural velléités)

velleity (weak desire to do something)
(figurative) hint (weak form of something)
une velléité de sourire ― a hint of a smile

Derived terms

velléitaire (“weak-willed”)

Descendants

→ German: Velleität

Further reading

“velléité”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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