vautour

French

Etymology

From Old French voltur, voutour, from a Vulgar Latin *vultor, vultōre, from change of conjugation from Latin vultur, vulturem. Compare old Italian avvoltore, Catalan and Occitan voltor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vo.tuʁ/

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• Rhymes: -uʁ

Noun

vautour m (plural vautours)

1. vulture
2. (derogatory, figuratively) shark, vulture

   Synonym: rapace

Further reading

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