villi
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
villi
plural of villus
== Finnish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Old Swedish viller.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈʋilːi/, [ˈʋilːi]
Rhymes: -ilːi
Syllabification(key): vil‧li
Hyphenation(key): vil‧li
=== Adjective ===
villi (comparative villimpi, superlative villein)
wild
savage
feral (wild, untamed, especially of domesticated animals having returned to the wild)
wildcat (unauthorized)
far-fetched (not likely; difficult to believe)
==== Declension ====
==== Synonyms ====
(feral): villiintynyt
(wildcat): luvaton
(far-fetched): uskomaton
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
→ Ingrian: villi
=== Noun ===
villi
(archaic, now derogatory) ellipsis of villi-ihminen (“savage”)
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
“villi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 4 July 2023
== Hungarian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈvilːi]
Hyphenation: vil‧li
Rhymes: -li
=== Etymology 1 ===
From German Willi, from Slovak víly, plural of víla (“fairy”).
==== Noun ====
villi (plural villik)
fairy
===== Declension =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
Abbreviation of villamos (“tram”).
==== Alternative forms ====
vili
==== Noun ====
villi (plural villik)
(informal) tram
Synonym: villamos
===== Declension =====
=== References ===
Idegen szavak és kifejezések szótára, Bakos Ferenc, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1989, →ISBN
Le Villi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia According to the legend of the villi, when a woman dies of a broken heart, the fairies force the heart breaker to dance until death.
== Ingrian ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
Borrowed from Estonian vill.
==== Pronunciation ====
(Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋilːi/, [ˈʋilʲː]
(Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋilːi/, [ˈʋilːi]
Rhymes: -ilʲː, -ilːi
Hyphenation: vil‧li
==== Noun ====
villi
callus
===== Declension =====
===== Derived terms =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
Borrowed from Finnish villi.
==== Pronunciation ====
(Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋilːi/, [ˈʋilʲː]
(Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋilːi/, [ˈʋilːi]
Rhymes: -ilʲː, -ilːi
Hyphenation: vil‧li
==== Adjective ====
villi (comparative villimp)
wild
===== Declension =====
===== Synonyms =====
diikkoi
=== References ===
Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 667
== Italian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈvil.li/
Rhymes: -illi
Hyphenation: vìl‧li
=== Noun ===
villi m
plural of villo
== Latin ==
=== Noun ===
villī
inflection of villus:
nominative/vocative plural
genitive singular
== Livonian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Finnic *villainën, equivalent to vīla (“wool”) + -i.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈvilːi/, [ˈvilːːi]
=== Adjective ===
villi (comparative (ve’l) jo villi, superlative amā villi)
woolen, woolly
(figuratively) lazy
=== Noun ===
villi
woolen headscarf
==== Declension ====
=== References ===
Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “villi”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary][2] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra
== Norman ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old French veillier, from Latin vigilare (“to watch”).
=== Verb ===
villi
(continental) to watch over
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
villie
révilli
== Votic ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Estonian vill.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA(key): /ˈvilːi/, [ˈvʲilːi]
(Jõgõperä) IPA(key): /ˈvilːi/, [ˈvʲilːi]
(Central Votic) IPA(key): /ˈvilːi/, [ˈvilːi]
(Eastern Votic) IPA(key): /ˈvilːi/, [ˈvilːi]
Rhymes: -ilːi
Hyphenation: vil‧li
=== Noun ===
villi
blister
callus
==== Inflection ====
=== References ===
Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “villi”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language][3], 2nd edition, Tallinn
Rozhanskiy, Fedor, Markus, Elena, editors (2026), “villi”, in VoticDict 1.0 - Morphological dictionary of Votic[4] (computer program)