merveille

French

Etymology

From Latin mirabilia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛʁ.vɛj/

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• Rhymes: -ɛj

Noun

merveille f (plural merveilles)

1. wonder; marvel

Derived terms

• à merveille
• faire des merveilles
• merveilleux
• promettre monts et merveilles

Further reading

• “merveille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• vermeille

Middle English

Noun

merveille

1. Alternative form of merveile

Old French

Etymology

From Latin mirabilia.

Noun

merveille oblique singular, f (oblique plural merveilles, nominative singular merveille, nominative plural merveilles)

1. wonder; marvel

Descendants

• French: merveille
• → Middle English: merveile, mervayle, merveyle, mervaile, mervaylle, merveylle, mervaille, merveille, mervail, merveil, mervayl, mervell, mervall, mervelle, mervel
  • English: marvel
  • Scots: mervel