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masculine

/vwal/

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Translation

veil, film, shroud; sail (when feminine)

Word origin

From Latin velum ('sail, curtain, covering'). French kept two words from it: masculine le voile for a veil, and feminine la voile for a sail, the latter from the Latin plural vela taken as a singular.

Origin: Latin
Root: velum
English cognates: veil, reveal

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralvoiles

Examples

She is wearing a black veil on her head.

The bride's veil is very long.

couvre .

A film of smoke hangs over the city.

l'.

He lifted the veil on the whole business.

These coloured drapes hide the windows.

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This word is part of lesson 54.