volonté

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See also: volonte

Antillean Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French volonté.

Noun[edit]

volonté

  1. will

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the Old French volonte, voulonté, volunté, voulunté, volenté, from Latin voluntās (will, desire, disposition toward).[1] Equivalent to voulant +‎ -té. Cognate with Occitan volontat, Spanish voluntad, Portuguese vontade, Italian volontà.[2]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /vɔ.lɔ̃.te/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

volonté f (plural volontés)

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

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Etymology and history of volonté”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  2. ^ volonté” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.

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