ville

See also: -ville and Ville

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin villa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vij/

Noun

ville f (plural villes)

1. city
2. town

Synonyms

• citai

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Danish

Alternative forms

• vilde (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.lə/, [ˈvilə]

Verb

ville (imperative vil, infinitive at ville, present tense vil, past tense ville, perfect tense har villet)

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

References

• “ville” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vil/
• Rhymes: -il
• IPA^(key): [vɪl]

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Noun

ville f (plural villes)

1. town, city

Synonyms

• (city): cité

Derived terms

• centre-ville
• village
• ville-dortoir
• ville-satellite

Further reading

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

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Italian

Noun

ville f pl

1. plural of villa

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) ville

1. vocative singular of villus

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Middle French

Noun

ville f (plural villes)

1. city or town

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French vile, from Latin vīlla (“country house”).

Noun

ville f (plural villes)

1. town

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Adjective

ville

1. definite singular of vill
2. plural of vill

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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

References

• “ville” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

ville

1. definite singular of vill
2. plural of vill

Verb

1. (deprecated template usage) past tense of vilja

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Old French

Alternative forms

• vile
• vill (rare)

Etymology

From Latin vīlla.

Noun

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

1. city or town

Descendants

• French: ville

See also

• cité
• vilage

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪlːɛ/

Verb

ville

1. (deprecated template usage) past tense of vilja.