volonté

See also: volonte

Antillean Creole

Etymology

Inherited from French volonté.

Noun

volonté

  1. will

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French volunté, from Old French volunté, from Latin voluntās.[1][2]

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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Antillean Creole: volonté

References

  1. ^ Etymology and history of “volonté”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
  2. ^ Littré, Émile (1873–1878), “volonté”, in Dictionnaire de la langue française, Paris: L. Hachette

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