aveugle

See also: aveuglé

French

Etymology

From Middle French aveugle from Old French avogle, from , possibly a calque of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἀπό ὀμμάτων (apó ommátōn), or from a (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin construction viduus ab oculīs (literally “widowed from the eyes”) or orbus ab oculīs (literally “orphaned from the eyes”) (compare Italian orbo, Catalan orb, Romanian orb all meaning “blind”).

Less likely from a (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin *alboculus (“white-eyed”), from albus + oculus.

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

• IPA^(key): /a.vœɡl/

• Audio (France, Paris):

  (file)

• Homophones: aveuglent, aveugles
• Hyphenation: a‧veugle

Adjective

aveugle (plural aveugles)

1. Unable to see; blind.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• aveuglement
• aveugle-né
• fenêtre aveugle

• point aveugle
• tache aveugle

Noun

aveugle m or f (plural aveugles)

1. A blind man or woman.

Synonyms

• amblyope
• non-voyant (PC)
• miro (familiar)

Derived terms

• aveuglette
• point aveugle
• vallée aveugle

Verb

aveugle

1. first-person singular present indicative of aveugler
2. third-person singular present indicative of aveugler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of aveugler
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of aveugler
5. second-person singular imperative of aveugler

See also

• cécité

Further reading

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