aveugle

From Middle French aveugle from Old French avogle, from Late Latin *ab oculīs (“without eyes”, literally “away from the eyes”), possibly a calque of Ancient Greek ἀπό ὀμμάτων (apó ommátōn), or from a Latin construction viduus ab oculīs (literally “widowed from the eyes”) or orbus ab oculīs (literally “orphaned from the eyes”) (compare Italian orbo, Catalan orb, Romanian orb all meaning “blind”).

Less likely from a Latin *alboculus (“white-eyed”), from albus + oculus.

The current French form is either an exception to the normal sound shift from Latin '-cl-' or a semi-learned formation; cf. the dialectal and popular aveuil (older aveule, avule); see also œil.

• IPA^(key): /a.vœɡl/

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• Homophones: aveuglent, aveugles
• Hyphenation: a‧veugle

aveugle (plural aveugles)

1. Unable to see; blind.

aveugle m or f (plural aveugles)

1. A blind man or woman.

• amblyope
• non-voyant (PC)
• miro (familiar)

• aveuglette
• point aveugle
• vallée aveugle

aveugle

1. first-person singular present indicative of aveugler
2. third-person singular present indicative of aveugler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of aveugler
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of aveugler
5. second-person singular imperative of aveugler

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• “aveugle” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).