velours
See also: Velours
English
Noun
velours
- plural of velour
Anagrams
- louvers, louvres
French
Etymology
From Old French velor, an alteration of velos, either from velu (“hairy”) + -os (“-ous”), or a borrowing from Old Occitan velos; either way, from Latin villus. Cognate with English velvet and a doublet of villeux.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /və.luʁ/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -uʁ
Noun
velours m (plural velours)
- velvet
Derived terms
- velours côtelé
- velours d'Utrecht
Descendants
- → Danish: velour
- → English: velour
- → Turkish: velur
Further reading
- “velours”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “velours”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams
- survole, survolé
- voleurs
Spanish
Noun
velours m pl
- plural of velour