vanille
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
vanille (uncountable)
- Archaic form of vanilla.
- 1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Seventh Book”, in Aurora Leigh, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1857, →OCLC, pages 316–317:
- Each lovely lady close to a cavalier / Who holds her dear fan while she feeds her smile / On meditative spoonfuls of vanille, / He breathing hot protesting vows of love, / Enough to thaw her cream, and scorch his beard.
- 1871, Charles Kingsley, “The High Woods”, in At Last: A Christmas in the West Indies. […], volume I, London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 254:
- And what is this delicious scent about the air? Vanille? Of course it is; […]
- [1884], [Mary Elizabeth Braddon], “‘My Soul Failed when he Spake’”, in Ishmael: […], volume I, London: John and Robert Maxwell, […], →OCLC, pages 209–210:
- The three Benoît girls and Madame Morice were seated round a table furnished with dainty little white cups and saucers, a plate of delicate biscuits, and a chocolatière which breathed odours of vanille.
References edit
- ^ “vanille, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from French vanille, from Spanish vainilla.
Pronunciation edit
- (Netherlands) IPA(key): /vɑˈni.jə/, (proscribed) /vɑˈnil.jə/
- (Belgium) IPA(key): /vɑˈnɪ.lə/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: va‧nil‧le
- Rhymes: -ijə, -ɪlə
Noun edit
vanille f (uncountable)
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French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish vainilla.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vanille f (plural vanilles)
- vanilla (clarification of this definition is needed)
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Further reading edit
- “vanille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Noun edit
vanille f (plural vanilles)