volonté
See also: volonte
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volonté
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Etymology edit
From the Old French volonte, voulonté, volunté, voulunté, volenté, from Latin voluntās (“will, desire, disposition toward”).[1] Equivalent to voulant + -té. Cognate with Occitan volontat, Spanish voluntad, Portuguese vontade, Italian volontà.[2]
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volonté f (plural volontés)
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References edit
- ^ Etymology and history of “volonté”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- ^ “volonté” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
Further reading edit
- “volonté”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.