vielle

From Old French viele, vielle. Doublet of viola.

• IPA^(key): /viˈɛl/

vielle (plural vielles)

1. (music) A medieval stringed instrument similar to a violin.
2. (music) The hurdy-gurdy.

• vellie

Compare Old Occitan viola (modern Occitan viula). Possibly ultimately from Medieval Latin vitula. Compare also Catalan, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish viola, Spanish vihuela. Doublet of viole, borrowed from the Old Occitan. See also English fiddle.

• IPA^(key): /vjɛl/

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vielle f (plural vielles)

1. (music) vielle, hurdy-gurdy

• vielle à roue

• → Portuguese: viela

vielle

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

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

• veille, veillé

vielle f

1. plural of viella

• evelli

vielle

1. feminine singular of viar

vielle f

1. nominative/oblique feminine singular of viel