vautour
French
Etymology
From Old French voltur, voutour, from a Vulgar Latin *vultor, vultōre; (versus classical Latin vultur, vulturem). Compare old Italian avvoltore, Catalan and Occitan voltor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vo.tuʁ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -uʁ
Noun
vautour m (plural vautours)
- vulture
- (derogatory, figuratively) shark, vulture
- Synonym: rapace
Derived terms
- vautour moine
Further reading
- “vautour”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.