volonté

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Antillean Creole

Etymology

From French volonté.

Noun

volonté

  1. will

French

Etymology

From the Old French volonte, voulonté, volunté, voulunté, volenté, from Latin voluntās (“will, desire, disposition toward”). Equivalent to voulant +‎ -té. Cognate with Occitan volontat, Spanish voluntad, Portuguese vontade, Italian volontà.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɔ.lɔ̃.te/
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Noun

volonté f (plural volontés)

  1. wish, will
    Contre sa volonté.
    Against one's will.

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References

  1. ^ Etymology and history of “volonté”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
  2. ^ “volonté” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.

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