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

• citai

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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)

Inflection

Inflection of ville

	present	past
simple	vil	ville
perfect	har villet	havde villet
passive	villes	—
participle	villende	villet
imperative	vil	—
infinitive	ville	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	villen	—

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

• “ville” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “ville,4” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

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Estonian

Noun

ville

1. illative singular of vile

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• audio:

  (file)

Noun

ville f (plural villes)

1. town, city

   Synonym: cité

Derived terms

• avoir ville gagnée
• centre-ville
• clés de la ville
• hôtel de ville
• village
• ville fantôme
• ville mort
• ville-dortoir
• ville-satellite

 

Further reading

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

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Italian

Noun

ville f pl

1. plural of villa

Anagrams

• velli

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) ville

1. vocative singular of villus

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French ville, vile.

Noun

ville f (plural villes)

1. city or town

Descendants

• French: ville

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Norman

Etymology

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

Noun

ville f (plural villes)

1. town

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

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

• “ville” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

ville

1. definite singular of vill
2. plural of vill

Verb

ville

1. (deprecated template usage) past tense of vilja

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Old French

Alternative forms

• vile
• vill (rare)

Etymology

From Latin vīlla.

Noun

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

1. city or town

Descendants

• Middle French: ville
  • French: ville
• Norman: ville

See also

• cité
• vilage

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²vɪlːɛ/

Verb

ville

1. (deprecated template usage) past tense of vilja.