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English

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A sheer fabric suspended in front of a wall
Voile in front of graffiti

Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchvoile(veil).Doublet ofveil andvelum.

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Noun

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voile (countable anduncountable,pluralvoiles)

  1. A light,translucent cottonfabric used for makingcurtains anddresses.
    • 1920, United States Tariff Commission, William Alexander Graham Clark, Henry Chalmers, Blanche C. Howlett,Cotton Yarn: Import and Export Trade in Relation to the Tariff,page80:
      The domesticvoile made from imported gray yarns and woven in the United States is the best combination to be had.
    • 1932, Hiram T. Nones,Philippine Cotton Piece-Goods Market[1], page14:
      Cheap narrowvoiles.—Plain colorvoiles practically are off the market.[]Better grades ofvoiles usually come in the 39-inch width,[].
    • 2006, Jorie Johnson,Feltmaking and Wool Magic[2], page84:
      Pull out the basting thread, gently remove thevoile from the three-minute sample, and reshape the sample with a steam iron.

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translucent fabric

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French

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Etymology 1

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From anOld Frenchvoil,veil, fromLatinvēlum, fromProto-Indo-European.

Noun

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voile m (pluralvoiles)

  1. (countable)veil
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Etymology 2

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Inherited fromOld Frenchvoile,veile,veille, fromVulgar Latin*vēla, from the plural ofLatinvēlum, fromProto-Indo-European.

Noun

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voile f (pluralvoiles)

  1. (countable)sail
    Hissons la grandevoile, matelots !
    Raise the mainsail, seamen!
  2. (uncountable, sports)sailing
    Lavoile, il n’y a rien de mieux pour se détendre ! J’en ai fait tout le week-end.
    Sailing, there's nothing better for relaxing! I did it all weekend.
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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchvoile.Doublet ofvela.

Noun

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voile m (invariable)

  1. voile

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Old French

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Etymology

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FromVulgar Latin*vēla, from the plural ofvēlum.

Noun

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voileoblique singularf (oblique pluralvoiles,nominative singularvoile,nominative pluralvoiles)

  1. sail(large piece of fabric attached to the mast of a watercraft)

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Romanian

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Noun

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voile

  1. definitenominative/accusativeplural ofvoie
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