velours
See also: Velours
English
editNoun
editvelours
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editEtymology
editInherited from Old French velor, an alteration of velos, either from velu (“hairy”) + -os (“-ous”), or a borrowing from Old Occitan velos; either way, from Latin villus. Cognate with English velvet and a doublet of villeux.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editvelours m (plural velours)
- velvet
- (Réunion) Synonym of héliotrope argenté (“velvetleaf soldierbush”) (Heliotropium arboreum)[1]
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editDescendants
editReferences
edit- ^ Dominique Martiré (2021) Faune et flore de La Réunion, Paris: Delachaux et Niestlé, →ISBN, p. 112 (as Heliotropium foertherianum Diane & Hilger).
Further reading
edit- “velours” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
- “velours”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “velours”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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editSpanish
editNoun
editvelours m pl
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