aveugle

Etymology

From Middle French aveugle < Old French avogle, from Late Latin *ab oculis (“without eyes”), possibly a calque of Greek ex ops or from a Latin construction viduus or vacuus ab oculis. Less likely from a Latin *alboculus, from albus + oculus. The current French form is either an exception to the normal sound shift from Latin '-cl-' or a semi-learned term; cf. the dialectal and popular aveuil (older aveule, avule). See also œil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.vœɡl/

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• Homophones: aveuglent, aveugles
• Hyphenation: a‧veugle

Adjective

aveugle (plural aveugles)

1. Unable to see; blind.

Noun

aveugle m, f (plural aveugles)

1. A blind man or woman.

Verb

aveugle

1. first-person singular present indicative of aveugler
2. third-person singular present indicative of aveugler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of aveugler
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of aveugler
5. second-person singular imperative of aveugler

See also

• cécité

Further reading

• “aveugle” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).