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)

  1. (Kirchröadsj) alternative spelling of vöhle

Derived terms

  • aaveule
  • beveuele
  • iveule
  • noaveule
  • veulentere
  • 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)

  1. (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

  1. ^ veule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  2. ^ Linguistic Society of America (1944): Language, Volumes 20-21, p. 245

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