huile

huile

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of huilen

Inherited from Middle French huyle, from Old French oile, from Latin oleum, from olea (“olive”), from Ancient Greek ἐλαία (elaía, “olive”). The h was added in Middle French to indicate that the u was a vowel, as in typography u and v were used interchangeably at the time. Compare huit (“eight”).

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /ɥil/

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huile f (plural huiles)

1. oil (liquid fat)
2. big gun, big cheese (person of consequence)

   Synonyms: gros bonnet, ponte

• Haitian Creole: lwil (from l'huile)
• Vietnamese: luyn (from l'huile)

huile

1. inflection of huiler:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “huile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɪlʲə/

huile

1. h-prothesized form of uile

From Old French oile, from Latin oleum, from olea (“olive”), from Ancient Greek ἐλαία (elaía, “olive”).

huile f (plural huiles)

1. (Guernsey) oil

Attested with this spelling at least as early as 1260.^[1]

huile oblique singular, f (oblique plural huiles, nominative singular huile, nominative plural huiles)

1. alternative form of oile

huile

1. alternative spelling of uile

huile

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of huir combined with le