velléité
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Medieval Latin velleitātem, from velle (“to will”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
velléité f (plural velléités)
- velleity (weak desire to do something)
- (figurative) hint (weak form of something)
- une velléité de sourire ― a hint of a smile
Derived terms edit
- velléitaire (“weak-willed”)
Descendants edit
- → German: Velleität
Further reading edit
- “velléité”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.