aveugle
See also: aveuglé
French
Etymology
From Middle French aveugle from Old French avogle, from Late Latin ab oculīs (“without eyes”, literally “away from the eyes”), possibly a calque of Ancient Greek ἀπὸ ὀμμάτων (apò ommátōn), or from a Latin construction viduus ab oculīs (literally “widowed from the eyes”) or orbus ab oculīs (literally “orphaned from the eyes”) (compare Italian orbo, Catalan and Romanian orb (“blind”)).
Less likely from a Latin *alboculus (“white-eyed”), from albus + oculus.
The current French form is either an exception to the normal sound shift from Latin '-cl-' or a semi-learned formation; cf. the dialectal and popular aveuil (older aveule, avule); see also œil.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.vœɡl/
Audio (France, Paris) (file) - Homophones: aveuglent, aveugles
- Hyphenation: a‧veugle
Adjective
aveugle (plural aveugles)
- blind (physically unable to see)
- une personne aveugle ― a blind person
- (figuratively) blind (having poor judgement; unable or unwilling to acknowledge, or to put any effort toward understanding)
- (figuratively) blind (unguided or unchecked by objective judgement)
- amour aveugle ― blind love
- foi aveugle ― blind faith
Derived terms
Derived terms
- aveuglement
- aveugle-né
- bien vu l'aveugle
- fenêtre aveugle
- il n'est pire aveugle que celui qui ne veut pas voir
- point aveugle
- tache aveugle
Noun
aveugle m or f by sense (plural aveugles)
- a blind man or woman
Synonyms
- amblyope
- non-voyant (PC)
- miro (familiar)
Derived terms
- au royaume des aveugles, les borgnes sont rois
- aveuglette
- chien d'aveugle
- point aveugle
- vallée aveugle
Verb
aveugle
- inflection of aveugler:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
See also
- cécité
Further reading
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “ab oculis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 24: Refonte A–Aorte, pages 35–37
- “aveugle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.