houille
French edit
Etymology edit
From Old Walloon (Liégeois) hulhes ( > modern Wallon hoye), probably from Frankish *hukila (“pile, mound”), a diminutive form (compare dialectal Dutch heukel).
Pronunciation edit
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /uj/
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Noun edit
houille f (plural houilles)
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Further reading edit
- “houille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.