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Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from French voile (“veil”), from Latin vēlum (“curtain; veil; cloth”).
Pronunciation
Noun
воа́л • (voál) m (relational adjective воа́лен)
- voile (translucent fabric)
- veil (such fabric used as face or shoulder covering, to tie up hair, etc.)
- bridal veil
- Synonym: бу́ло (búlo)
- mourning veil (traditionally black)
- veil on a hat
- Synonym: воале́тка (voalétka)
- (figurative) veil (anything that partially obscures a clear view)
- (photography) fog (deposit on photographic film)
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References
- “воал”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “воал”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “воал”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 168