English

Noun

voile ‎(plural voiles)

1. A light, translucent cotton fabric used for making curtains and dresses.
   • 1920, United States Tariff Commission, William Alexander Graham Clark, Henry Chalmers, Blanche C. Howlett, Cotton Yarn: Import and Export Trade in Relation to the Tariff, page 80,

     The domestic voile made from imported gray yarns and woven in the United States is the best combination to be had.

   • 1932, Hiram T. Nones, Philippine Cotton Piece-Goods Market, page 14,

     Cheap narrow voiles.—Plain color voiles practically are off the market. […] Better grades of voiles usually come in the 39-inch width, […] .

   • 2006, Jorie Johnson, Feltmaking and Wool Magic, page 84,

     Pull out the basting thread, gently remove the voile from the three-minute sample, and reshape the sample with a steam iron.

Anagrams

• olive, Olive

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vwal/

Etymology 1

From an Old French voil, veil, from Latin vēlum.

Noun

voile m ‎(plural voiles)

1. (countable) veil

Derived terms

• voile intégral

Etymology 2

From Old French voile, veile, veille, from Vulgar Latin vēla, from the plural of Latin vēlum.

Noun

voile f ‎(plural voiles)

1. (countable) sail

   Hissons la grande voile, matelots !

   Raise the mainsail, seamen!

2. (uncountable, sports) sailing.

   La voile, il n'y a rien de mieux pour se détendre ! J'en ai fait tout le week-end.

   Sailing, there's nothing better for relaxing! I did it all weekend.

Derived terms

• faire de la voile
• voiler
• voilier

Anagrams

• olive, viole, violé

Italian

Etymology

French

Noun

voile m ‎(invariable)

1. voile

Anagrams

• Elvio, olive, ovile, viole

Old French

Alternative forms

• veile

Noun

voile f ‎(oblique plural voiles, nominative singular voile, nominative plural voiles)

1. sail (large piece of fabric attached to the mast of a watercraft)

Descendants

• French: voile