voile

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French voile (“veil”). Doublet of veil and velum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vɔɪl/ Rhymes: -ɔɪl === Noun === voile (countable and uncountable, plural voiles) A light, translucent cotton fabric used for making curtains and dresses. ==== Descendants ==== → Irish: voil ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Olive, lovie, olive, viole == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vwal/ === Etymology 1 === From an Old French voil, veil, from Latin vēlum, from Proto-Indo-European. ==== Noun ==== voile m (plural voiles) (countable) veil ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Bulgarian: воа́л (voál) → English: voile→ Irish: voil → Italian: voile → Romanian: voal → Russian: вуаль (vualʹ) → Vietnamese: voan === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Old French voile, veile, veille, from Vulgar Latin *vēla, from the plural of Latin vēlum, from Proto-Indo-European. ==== Noun ==== voile f (plural voiles) (countable) sail (uncountable, sports) sailing ===== Derived terms ===== === Further reading === “voile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === olive, viole, violé == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French voile. Doublet of vela. === Noun === voile m (invariable) voile === Anagrams === Elvio, olive, ovile, viole == Old French == === Alternative forms === veile === Alternative forms === veile, veille === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *vēla, from the plural of vēlum. === Noun === voile oblique singular, f (oblique plural voiles, nominative singular voile, nominative plural voiles) sail (large piece of fabric attached to the mast of a watercraft) ==== Descendants ==== Franc-Comtois: vouéle French: voile Norman: vaile == Romanian == === Noun === voile definite nominative/accusative plural of voie