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/vɔ.lœʁ/
Translation
thief, robber
Word origin
From voler plus the agent suffix -eur. Voler originally meant only 'to fly', from Latin volare, and picked up the sense 'to steal' through falconry, where a hawk voler le gibier flew at the game and carried it off.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- volare
- English cognates
- volatile, volley
Grammar
Examples
.
The thief got in through the kitchen window.
, !
Stop that thief, he has taken my bag!
aux .
The thieves were identified thanks to the cameras.
-, garagiste .
At that price, the mechanic is a proper robber.
voleuse bicyclettes .
A bicycle thief had been operating in the area for weeks.
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