vielle

See also: viellé

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French viele, vielle.

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

• Finnish: fiideli
• Italian: viella f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: viela (pt) f
• Swedish: fiddla (sv) c

Anagrams

• vellie

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French

Etymology

Compare Old Occitan viola (modern Occitan viula). Possibly ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  vitula. Compare also Italian and Portuguese viola, Spanish vihuela. Compare the doublet viole, borrowed from the Old Occitan. See also English fiddle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vjɛl/

Noun

vielle f (plural vielles)

1. (music) vielle, hurdy-gurdy

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

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Italian

Noun

vielle f

1. plural of viella

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Norman

Adjective

vielle

1. feminine singular of viar

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Old French

Adjective

vielle f

1. nominative/oblique feminine singular of viel