houille
French
editEtymology
editFrom 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/
Audio: (file)
Noun
edithouille f (plural houilles)
Derived terms
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editSee also
editFurther reading
edit- “houille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.