Noun: vœu
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | vœu |
| Plural m | vœux |
Sample Sentences
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Albe et Rome demain prendront une autre face / Tes vœux sont exaucés, elles auront la Paix (Tomorrow, Alba and Rome will take different attitudes / Your wishes are fulfilled, they will have Peace.) [1640, Pierre Corneille, Horace, act I, scene 2:]
Nouns inflected like vœu
renouveau,
pocheteau,
berceau,
métamatériau,
ypréau,
ypreau,
chaudeau,
lanterneau,
lapineau,
bordeau,
lapereau,
bouleau,
paonneau,
bandeau,
barreau,
bardeau,
barbeau,
zoziau,
mâtineau,
colineau, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Old French vuz, inherited from Latin vōtum. Doublet of vote, a borrowing from English. See: Latin Nouns '
vōtum'.
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