voleur

French

Etymology

voler (to steal) + -eur

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɔ.lœʁ/
  • Rhymes: -œʁ
  • (file)

Noun

voleur m (plural voleurs, feminine voleuse)

  1. robber, thief
    Hypernym: malfaiteur
    Hyponyms: cambrioleur, kleptomane, voleur à la tire, voleur de grand chemin
  2. flier (one who flies)

Derived terms

Adjective

voleur (feminine voleuse, masculine plural voleurs, feminine plural voleuses)

  1. thieving, thievish

See also

Further reading


Walloon

Etymology

From Old French voloir, from Vulgar Latin *volēre, present active infinitive of *voleō, from Classical Latin volō, velle, from Proto-Italic *welō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɔ.ˈløːʀ/

Verb

voleur

  1. to want

Conjugation

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