vielle

From Old French viele, vielle.

Vielle

• IPA^(key): /viˈɛl/

vielle (plural vielles)

1. (music) A medieval stringed instrument similar to a violin.
2. (music) The hurdy-gurdy.

• vellie

Compare Old Occitan viola (modern Occitan viula). Possibly ultimately from Medieval Latin vitula. Compare also Italian and Portuguese viola, Spanish vihuela. Compare the doublet viole, borrowed from the Old Occitan. See also English fiddle.

• IPA^(key): /vjɛl/

vielle f (plural vielles)

1. (music) vielle, hurdy-gurdy

vielle

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

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

• veille, veillé

vielle f

1. plural of viella

vielle

1. feminine singular of viar

vielle f

1. nominative feminine singular of viel
2. oblique feminine singular of viel