ville

See also: -ville and Ville

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin villa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vij/

Noun

ville f (plural villes)

  1. city
  2. town

Synonyms

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse vilja, from Proto-Germanic *wiljaną, cognate with English will, German wollen. The Germanic verbs goes back to Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-, which is also the source of Latin volō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vilə/, [ˈʋilə], [ˈʋelə]

Verb

ville (present tense vil, past tense ville, past participle villet)

  1. (transitive) to want to, be willing to
  2. (auxiliary, in the present tense) shall, will (with the infinitive, expresses future tense)
  3. (auxiliary, in the past tense) should, would (with the infinitive, expresses conditional mood)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ville vide at
  • ville vide af
  • ville til at
  • vil du tænke dig
  • verden vil bedrages
  • om du vil
  • ikke ville høre tale om
  • hvis du endelig vil vide det
  • hverken ville eje eller have
  • det vil sige

References

Estonian

Noun

ville

  1. illative singular of vile

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French ville, from Old French ville, vile, inherited from Latin vīlla (country house). Doublet of villa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vil/
  • Rhymes: -il
  • (Quebec) IPA(key): [vɪl]
  • (file)

Noun

ville f (plural villes)

  1. town, city
    Synonym: cité

Derived terms

Further reading

Italian

Noun

ville f pl

  1. plural of villa

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

ville

  1. vocative singular of villus

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French ville, vile.

Noun

ville f (plural villes)

  1. city or town

Descendants

  • French: ville

Norman

Etymology

From Old French ville, from Latin vīlla (country house).

Noun

ville f (plural villes)

  1. town

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

ville

  1. definite singular of vill
  2. plural of vill

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vilja, from Proto-Germanic *wiljaną, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.

Verb

ville (present tense vil, simple past ville, past participle villet, present participle villende)

  1. to want to, be willing to, shall, will, should
  2. would

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

ville

  1. definite singular of vill
  2. plural of vill

Verb

ville

  1. past of vilja

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin vīlla.

Noun

ville oblique singular, f (oblique plural villes, nominative singular ville, nominative plural villes)

  1. city or town

Descendants

See also

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²vɪlːɛ/

Verb

ville

  1. past indicative of vilja
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