veule
Central Franconian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvøː.lə/
Verb
veule (third-person present tense veult, past tense vólt or veulet, present participle veulend or veulens, past participle jeveuld)
- (Kirchröadsj) alternative spelling of vöhle
Derived terms
- aaveule
- beveuele
- iveule
- noaveule
- veulentere
Related terms
- Jeveul n
French
Etymology
Uncertain; possibly from a Vulgar Latin derivative of Latin volare or volvo;[1] or, possibly from aveugle.[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vøl/, /vœl/
Audio (France (Lyon)): (file) - Homophones: veules (general), veulent (with /œ/)
Adjective
veule (plural veules)
- (literary) feeble
- 1994, Yasmina Reza, ‘Art’:
- Serge. Et ta présence veule, ta présence de spectateur veule et neutre, nous entraîne Marc et moi dans les pires excès.
- Serge. And your feeble presence, your presence as a spineless and neutral spectator, has driven Marc and me to the worst excesses.
Derived terms
References
- ^ “veule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- ^ Linguistic Society of America (1944): Language, Volumes 20-21, p. 245
Further reading
- “veule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.