velours

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English

Noun

velours

  1. plural of velour

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French

Etymology

Inherited 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

  • IPA(key): /və.luʁ/
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  • Rhymes: -uʁ

Noun

velours m (plural velours)

  1. velvet
  2. (Réunion) Synonym of héliotrope argenté (“velvetleaf soldierbush”) (Heliotropium arboreum)[1]

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Danish: velour
  • → English: velour
  • → Turkish: velur

References

  1. ^ Dominique Martiré (2021) Faune et flore de La Réunion, Paris: Delachaux et Niestlé, →ISBN, p. 112 (as Heliotropium foertherianum Diane & Hilger).

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Spanish

Noun

velours m pl

  1. plural of velour
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