vanille

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See also: Vanille and vanillé

English

Etymology

From French vanille.[1]

Noun

vanille (uncountable)

  1. Archaic form of vanilla.
    • 1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Seventh Book”, in Aurora Leigh, London: Chapman and Hall, , published 1857, →OCLC, pages 316–317:
      Each lovely lady close to a cavalier / Who holds her dear fan while she feeds her smile / On meditative spoonfuls of vanille, / He breathing hot protesting vows of love, / Enough to thaw her cream, and scorch his beard.
    • 1871, Charles Kingsley, “The High Woods”, in At Last: A Christmas in the West Indies. , volume I, London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 254:
      And what is this delicious scent about the air? Vanille? Of course it is; […]
    • , [Mary Elizabeth Braddon], “‘My Soul Failed when he Spake’”, in Ishmael: , volume I, London: John and Robert Maxwell, , →OCLC, pages 209–210:
      The three Benoît girls and Madame Morice were seated round a table furnished with dainty little white cups and saucers, a plate of delicate biscuits, and a chocolatière which breathed odours of vanille.

References

  1. ^ “vanille, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Dutch

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French vanille, from Spanish vainilla.

Pronunciation

Noun

vanille f (uncountable)

  1. vanilla

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: vanielje
  • Petjo: pernielie

Anagrams

French

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vainilla.

Pronunciation

Noun

vanille f (plural vanilles)

  1. vanilla (clarification of this definition is needed)

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

vanille f (plural vanilles)

  1. (Jersey) vanilla
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