huile

See also: huilé

Dutch

Verb

huile

1. (deprecated template usage) (archaic) singular present subjunctive of huilen

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French

Etymology

From Middle French huyle, from Old French oile, from Latin oleum, from olea (“olive”), from Ancient Greek ἐλαία (elaía, “olive”). The h was added in Middle French to indicate that the u was a vowel, as in typography u and v were used interchangeably at the time. Compare huit (“eight”).

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /ɥil/

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Noun

huile f (plural huiles)

1. oil (liquid fat)
2. big gun, big cheese

Related terms

• huilage
• huiler
• huilerie
• huileux
• huilier
• palmier à huile

 

Verb

huile

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

Further reading

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

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɪlʲə/

Adjective

huile

1. h-prothesized form of uile

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French oile, from Latin oleum, from olea (“olive”), from Ancient Greek ἐλαία (elaía, “olive”).

Noun

huile f (plural huiles)

1. (Guernsey) oil

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Old French

Etymology

Attested with this spelling at least as early as 1260.

Noun

huile oblique singular, f (oblique plural huiles, nominative singular huile, nominative plural huiles)

1. Alternative form of oile

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Old Irish

Determiner

huile

1. Alternative spelling of uile

Inflection

io/iā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	huile	huile	huile
Vocative	huili
Accusative	huile	huili
Genitive	huili	huile	huili
Dative	huiliu	huili	huiliu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	huili	huili
Vocative	huili huiliu*
Accusative	huili huiliu*
Genitive	huile
Dative	huilib
Notes	* when substantivized

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
huile (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	nhuile
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.