volonté

See also: volonte

Antillean Creole

Etymology

From French volonté.

Noun

volonté

1. will

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French

Etymology

From the Old French volonte, voulonté, volunté, voulunté, volenté, from the Latin voluntās (“will”, “desire”, “disposition toward”), voluntātem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔ.lɔ̃.te/

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Noun

volonté f (plural volontés)

1. Wish, will

   Contre sa volonté.

   Against one's will.

Derived terms

• à volonté
• bonne volonté

Related terms

• volontiers
• vouloir

Further reading

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