volonté

See also: volonte

Antillean Creole

Etymology

From French volonté.

Noun

volonté

  1. will

French

Etymology

From the Old French volonte, voulonté, volunté, voulunté, volenté, from Latin voluntās (“will, desire, disposition toward”).[1] Equivalent to voulant +‎ -té. Cognate with Occitan volontat, Spanish voluntad, Portuguese vontade, Italian volontà.[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

References
  1. Etymology and history of “volonté”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  2. “volonté” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.

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