houille

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

houille

from the old Liège hulhes (1278), which gave the Walloon word hoye. hulhes probably comes from the old Low Franconian hukila "heap, clod", itself a diminutive of the Frankish hukk|sens= heap. (1502) oille.

Definitions

Plural

houilles

Translations

  • englishenglish:coal
  • spanishspanish:hulla

See also

déhouiller (v.) déhouillement (cn.) Houilles (pn.) houillé (v.) houiller (adj.) houillère (cn.) houilleur (cn.) houilleux (adj.) houilles (v.)