velours

See also: Velours

English

Noun

velours

1. plural of velour

Anagrams

• louvers, louvres

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French velor, an alteration of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French velos, either from velu (“hairy”) + -os (“-ous”), or a borrowing from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Occitan velos; either way, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin villus. Cognate with English velvet and a doublet of villeux.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /və.luʁ/

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• Rhymes: -uʁ

Noun

velours m (plural velours)

1. velvet

Further reading

• “velours”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “velours”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

• survole, survolé
• voleurs