merveille

French

Etymology

From Latin mirabilia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɛʁ.vɛj/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɛj

Noun

merveille f (plural merveilles)

wonder; marvel

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Anagrams

vermeille

Middle English

Noun

merveille

Alternative form of merveile

Old French

Etymology

From Latin mirabilia.

Noun

merveille f (oblique plural merveilles, nominative singular merveille, nominative plural merveilles)

wonder; marvel

Descendants

French: merveille
→ Middle English: merveile, mervayle, merveyle, mervaile, mervaylle, merveylle, mervaille, merveille, mervail, merveil, mervayl, mervell, mervall, mervelle, mervel
- English: marvel
- Scots: mervel

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