velléité
French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Medieval Latin velleitātem, from velle (“to will”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editvelléité 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.