aveugle
See also: aveuglé
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French aveugle from Old French avogle, from Late Latin ab oculīs (“without eyes”, literally “away from the eyes”), possibly a calque of Ancient Greek ἀπὸ ὀμμάτων (apò ommátōn) or more likely from Gaulish exops.
The current French form is either an exception to the normal sound shift from Latin '-cl-' or a semi-learned formation; cf. the dialectal and popular aveuil (older aveule, avule); see also œil.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /a.vœɡl/
Audio (France, Paris) (file) - Homophones: aveuglent, aveugles
- Hyphenation: a‧veugle
Adjective edit
aveugle (plural aveugles)
- blind (physically unable to see)
- une personne aveugle ― a blind person
- (figuratively) blind (having poor judgement; unable or unwilling to acknowledge, or to put any effort toward understanding)
- (figuratively) blind (unguided or unchecked by objective judgement)
- amour aveugle ― blind love
- foi aveugle ― blind faith
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
Noun edit
aveugle m or f by sense (plural aveugles)
- a blind man or woman
Synonyms edit
- amblyope
- non-voyant (PC)
- malvoyant (PC)
- miro (familiar)
Derived terms edit
- au royaume des aveugles, les borgnes sont rois
- aveuglément
- aveuglette
- chien d’aveugle
- point aveugle
- vallée aveugle
Verb edit
aveugle
- inflection of aveugler:
See also edit
Further reading edit
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “ab oculis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, pages 35–37
- “aveugle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.