voile

See also: voilé

English
A sheer fabric suspended in front of a wall
Voile in front of graffiti

Etymology

Borrowed from French voile (“veil”). Doublet of veil and velum.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vɔɪl/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔɪl

Noun

voile (countable and uncountable, plural voiles)

  1. A light, translucent cotton fabric used for making curtains and dresses.
    • 1920, United States Tariff Commission, William Alexander Graham Clark, Henry Chalmers, Blanche C. Howlett, Cotton Yarn: Import and Export Trade in Relation to the Tariff, page 80:
      The domestic voile made from imported gray yarns and woven in the United States is the best combination to be had.
    • 1932, Hiram T. Nones, Philippine Cotton Piece-Goods Market‎, page 14:
      Cheap narrow voiles.—Plain color voiles practically are off the market. […] Better grades of voiles usually come in the 39-inch width, […] .
    • 2006, Jorie Johnson, Feltmaking and Wool Magic‎, page 84:
      Pull out the basting thread, gently remove the voile from the three-minute sample, and reshape the sample with a steam iron.

Descendants
  • → Irish: voil

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French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vwal/
  • audio (une voile)(file)

Etymology 1

From an Old French voil, veil, from Latin vēlum, from Proto-Indo-European.

Noun

voile m (plural voiles)

  1. (countable) veil
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old French voile, veile, veille, from Vulgar Latin *vēla, from the plural of Latin vēlum, from Proto-Indo-European.

Noun

voile f (plural voiles)

  1. (countable) sail
    Hissons la grande voile, matelots !
    Raise the mainsail, seamen!
  2. (uncountable, sports) sailing
    La voile, il n’y a rien de mieux pour se détendre ! J’en ai fait tout le week-end.
    Sailing, there's nothing better for relaxing! I did it all weekend.
Derived terms

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French voile. Doublet of vela.

Noun

voile m (invariable)

  1. voile

Anagrams

Old French

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *vēla, from the plural of vēlum.

Noun

voile oblique singular, f (oblique plural voiles, nominative singular voile, nominative plural voiles)

  1. sail (large piece of fabric attached to the mast of a watercraft)

Descendants

Romanian

Noun

voile

  1. definite nominative/accusative plural of voie
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