velours

See also: Velours

English

Noun

velours

plural of velour

Anagrams

louvers, louvres

French

Etymology

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)

velvet

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Further reading

“velours”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “velours”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

survole, survolé
voleurs

Spanish

Noun

velours m pl

plural of velour

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