velléité
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin velleitās, from velle (“to will”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɛ.le.i.te/, /ve.le.i.te/
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Noun
velléité f (plural velléités)
- a weak desire to do something
- a hint, a weak form of something
- une velléité de sourire
Derived terms
- velléitaire (“weak-willed”)
Further reading
- “velléité”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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