ville

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See also: -ville and Ville

Bourguignon

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Etymology

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From Latin villa.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ville f (plural villes)

  1. city
  2. town

Synonyms

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse vilja, from Proto-Germanic *wiljaną, cognate with English will, German wollen. The Germanic verbs goes back to Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-, which is also the source of Latin volō.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /vilə/, [ˈʋilə], [ˈʋelə]

Verb

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ville (present tense vil, past tense ville, past participle villet)

  1. (transitive) to want to, be willing to
  2. (auxiliary, in the present tense) shall, will (with the infinitive, expresses future tense)
  3. (auxiliary, in the past tense) should, would (with the infinitive, expresses conditional mood)

Conjugation

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References

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Estonian

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Noun

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ville

  1. illative singular of vile

French

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French ville, from Old French ville, vile, inherited from Latin vīlla (country house). Doublet of villa.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /vil/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /vɪl/
  • Rhymes: -il
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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ville f (plural villes)

  1. town, city
    Synonym: cité

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Italian

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Noun

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ville f pl

  1. plural of villa

Anagrams

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Latin

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Noun

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ville

  1. vocative singular of villus

Middle French

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Etymology

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From Old French ville, vile.

Noun

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ville f (plural villes)

  1. city or town

Descendants

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  • French: ville

Norman

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Norman Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nrm

Etymology

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From Old French ville, from Latin vīlla (country house).

Noun

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ville f (plural villes)

  1. town
    • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore[1], page 540:
      Trachier la ville par Torteval.
      To seek for the town by way of Torteval.

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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Adjective

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ville

  1. definite singular of vill
  2. plural of vill

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse vilja, from Proto-Germanic *wiljaną, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.

Verb

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ville (present tense vil, simple past ville, past participle villet, present participle villende)

  1. to want to, be willing to, shall, will, should
  2. would

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Adjective

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ville

  1. definite singular of vill
  2. plural of vill

Verb

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ville

  1. past of vilja

Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin vīlla.

Noun

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ville oblique singularf (oblique plural villes, nominative singular ville, nominative plural villes)

  1. city or town

Descendants

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See also

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Swedish

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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ville

  1. past indicative of vilja