ville

common nounproper noun

Syllable Decomposition

ville

From the Latin villa (country house); the Gallo-Roman, Merovingian and Carolingian villas, gaining importance as the Middle Ages progressed, the meaning evolves towards village, as some became villages and some became cities. The name has gradually followed their evolution and replaced the Latin vicus, while cité has been maintained.

Definitions

histoire

Synonym

Antonym

Plural

villes

Hyponyms

bourgcapitalecitadelleconurbationmégalopolemégapolemétropole

Translations

  • germangerman:Ort
  • englishenglish:town
  • arabicarabic:ﻣﺪﻳﻧﺔ
  • chinesechinese:
  • koreankorean:도시
  • danishdanish:by
  • spanishspanish:urbe
  • finnishfinnish:kaupunki
  • greekgreek:πόλη
  • hebrewhebrew:עיר
  • hindihindi:नगर
  • italianitalian:città
  • japanesejapanese:都市
  • dutchdutch:plaats
  • polishpolish:miasto
  • portugueseportuguese:município
  • russianrussian:город
  • swedishswedish:stad
  • thaithai:นคร
  • turkishturkish:şehir
  • ukrainianukrainian:місто

See also

incivilisé (adj.) civilisé (adj.) civilisable (adj.) majorataire (adj.) civilisationnel (adj.) senior (adj.) civilité (cn.) aîné (cn.) urbanisation (cn.) maire (cn.) seigneur (cn.) urbaniste (cn.) civil (adj.) déciviliser (v.) séniorat (cn.) incivilisable (adj.) Ville (pn.) désurbaniser (v.) citoyennat (cn.) urbanité (cn.)