Estonian

Proper noun

Ville

1. A male given name.

Finnish

Etymology

Diminutive of Vilho and other variants of Vilhelmi ‎(“William”), as well as of Viljo. Formal given name status since the 20th century.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ilːe
• IPA^(key): /ˈvilːe/
• Hyphenation: Vil‧le

Proper noun

Ville

1. A male given name.

Declension

Usage notes

• The most common first name of men born in Finland in 1987 - 1995.

Anagrams

• velli

Swedish

Alternative forms

• Wille

Proper noun

Ville

1. A diminutive of the male given name Vilhelm, taken up as a formal given name in the 2000s.

Danish

Alternative forms

• vilde (obsolete)

Verb

ville ‎(imperative vil, infinitive at ville, present tense vil, past tense ville, perfect tense har villet)

1. want to, be willing to, shall, will, should
2. would

References

• “ville” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

French

Etymology

From Old French ville, vile, from Latin vīlla ‎(“country house”).

Pronunciation

• (France) IPA^(key): /vil/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /vɪl/
• Rhymes: -il

Noun

ville f ‎(plural villes)

1. town, city

Synonyms

• (city): cité

Derived terms

• centre-ville
• village
• ville-dortoir
• ville-satellite

Italian

Noun

ville f pl

1. plural of villa

Latin

Noun

ville

1. vocative singular of villus

Middle French

Noun

ville f (plural villes)

1. city or town

Norman

Etymology

From Old French vile, from Latin vīlla ‎(“country house”).

Noun

ville f ‎(plural villes)

1. town

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Adjective

ville

1. definite singular of vill
2. plural of vill

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vilja, from Proto-Germanic *wiljaną, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.

Verb

ville ‎(present tense vil, simple past ville, past participle villet, present participle villende)

1. to want to, be willing to, shall, will, should
2. would

References

• “ville” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

ville

1. definite singular of vill
2. plural of vill

Verb

ville

1. past tense of vilja and vilje

Old French

Alternative forms

• vile
• vill (rare)

Etymology

From Latin vīlla.

Noun

ville f ‎(oblique plural villes, nominative singular ville, nominative plural villes)

1. city or town

Descendants

• French: ville

See also

• cité
• vilage

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪlːɛ/

Verb

ville

1. past tense of vilja.