houille
common noun
Syllable Decomposition
houillefrom 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
english:coal
spanish:hulla
See also
déhouiller (v.) déhouillement (cn.) Houilles (pn.) houillé (v.) houiller (adj.) houillère (cn.) houilleur (cn.) houilleux (adj.) houilles (v.)