vielle

See also: viellé

English

Etymology

From Old French viele, vielle. Doublet of viola.

Vielle

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viˈɛl/

Noun

vielle (plural vielles)

1. (music) A medieval stringed instrument similar to a violin.
2. (music) The hurdy-gurdy.

Translations

medieval stringed instrument

• Dutch: vedel (nl) f
• Finnish: fiideli
• French: vièle (fr) f, vielle (fr) f
• Italian: viella f
• Portuguese: viela (pt) f
• Swedish: fiddla (sv) c

Anagrams

• vellie

French

Etymology

Compare Old Occitan viola (modern Occitan viula). Possibly ultimately from Medieval Latin vitula. Compare also Catalan, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish viola, Spanish vihuela. Doublet of viole, borrowed from the Old Occitan. See also English fiddle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vjɛl/

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Noun

vielle f (plural vielles)

1. (music) vielle, hurdy-gurdy

Derived terms

• vielle à roue

Descendants

• → Portuguese: viela

Verb

vielle

1. inflection of vieller:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• veille, veillé

Italian

Noun

vielle f

1. plural of viella

Anagrams

• evelli

Norman

Adjective

vielle

1. feminine singular of viar

Old French

Adjective

vielle f

1. nominative/oblique feminine singular of viel