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5-letter words (1 found)

VILLI,

4-letter words (1 found)

VILL,

3-letter words (1 found)

ILL,

2-letter words (1 found)

LI,

You can make 4 words from villi according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

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Definitions and meaning of villi

villi

Noun

villi

  1. plural of villus

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Swedish viller.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋilːi/, [ˈʋilːi]
  • Rhymes: -ilːi
  • Syllabification(key): vil‧li

Adjective

villi (comparative villimpi, superlative villein)

  1. wild
  2. savage
  3. feral (wild, untamed, especially of domesticated animals having returned to the wild)
  4. wildcat (unauthorized)
  5. far-fetched (not likely; difficult to believe)

Declension

Synonyms

  • (feral): villiintynyt
  • (wildcat): luvaton
  • (far-fetched): uskomaton

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Ingrian: villi

Noun

villi (obsolete)

  1. (politically incorrect) Ellipsis of villi-ihminen (savage).

Declension

Further reading

  • villi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvilːi]
  • Hyphenation: vil‧li
  • Rhymes: -li

Etymology 1

From German Willi, from Slovak víly, plural of víla (fairy).

Noun

villi (plural villik)

  1. fairy
Declension

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of villamos (tram).

Alternative forms

  • vili

Noun

villi (plural villik)

  1. (informal) tram
    Synonym: villamos
Declension

References

  • Idegen szavak és kifejezések szótára, Bakos Ferenc, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1989, →ISBN
  • Le Villi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia According to the legend of the villi, when a woman dies of a broken heart, the fairies force the heart breaker to dance until death.

Ingrian

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋilːi/, [ˈʋilʲː]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋilʲːi/, [ˈʋilʲːi]
  • Rhymes: -ilʲː, -ilʲːi
  • Hyphenation: vil‧li

Noun

villi

  1. callus
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Finnish villi.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋilːi/, [ˈʋilʲː]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋilʲːi/, [ˈʋilʲːi]
  • Rhymes: -ilʲː, -ilʲːi
  • Hyphenation: vil‧li

Adjective

villi (comparative villimp)

  1. wild
Declension

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 667

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvil.li/
  • Rhymes: -illi
  • Hyphenation: vìl‧li

Noun

villi m

  1. plural of villo

Latin

Noun

villī

  1. inflection of villus:
    1. nominative/vocative plural
    2. genitive singular

Norman

Etymology

From Old French veillier, from Latin vigilare, present active infinitive of vigilo (I watch).

Verb

villi

  1. (France) to watch over

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • villie
  • révilli

Source: wiktionary.org