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vigneron
noun, masculine
winemaker; winegrower; viticulturist; vigneron
vigneron
adjective
winemaking
vignes du Seigneur
noun, feminine
vineyard of the Lord.
vignette
noun, feminine
vignette; image, illustration, motif
vignettiste
noun, masculine/feminine
vignettist
vignoble
noun, masculine
vineyard (grape plantation)
vigogne
noun, masculine
vicuna, vicuña
vigoureusement
adverb
vigorously (with intense energy)
vigoureux
adjective
vigorous
vigousse
noun, feminine
vigour, energy
vigousse
adjective
vigorous, lively
viguerie
noun, feminine
a medieval court system that existed in the southern areas of France
vigueur
noun, feminine
vigour
viguier
noun, masculine
a magistrate that administered a viguerie
vigésimal
adjective
vigesimal
viking
adjective
Relating to the Vikings
vil
adjective
cheap, worthless; vile (morally low)
vilain
noun, masculine
villain; peasant; country dweller
vilain
adjective
ugly; disagreeable, awful; naughty; villainous, wicked, nasty, evil
vilain petit canard
noun, masculine
ugly duckling; black sheep
vilainement
adverb
displeasingly; uglily; dangerously; miserly; in a miserly way; immorally
vilayet
noun, masculine
vilayet
vilebrequin
noun, masculine
crank (tool); crankshaft
vilement
adverb
vilely, basely
vilenie
noun, feminine
vileness, baseness; wickedness
vilipender
verb
to vilipend, vilify, revile, scorn, despise, condemn
villa
noun, feminine
villa; house in the country
village
noun, masculine
village; town, city
village Potemkine
noun, masculine
Potemkin village
villageois
noun, masculine
villager (someone who lives in a village)
villageois
adjective
villagelike, characteristic of a village
villanelle
noun, feminine
villanelle
villard
adjective
of Villefontaine
villardien
adjective
of Villard-Bonnot or Villard-de-Lans
villardois
adjective
of Villard-Saint-Christophe or Villars-les-Dombes
ville
noun, feminine
town, city
ville fantôme
noun, feminine
ghost town
ville morte
noun, feminine
general strike; a town shut down by a general strike
ville nouvelle
noun, feminine
new town
ville rose
proper noun
synonym of Toulouse (“Toulouse”)
ville satellite
noun, feminine
satellite town
ville universitaire
noun, feminine
college town, university town (town or city which hosts a university; town or city dominated by its university population)
ville verte
noun, feminine
synonym of écoville
ville-dortoir
noun, feminine
dormitory town, bedroom community
ville-monde
noun, feminine
global city
villette
noun, feminine
a small village
villeux
adjective
villous
villosité
noun, feminine
villus
villégiateur
noun, masculine
holidaymaker, vacationer
villégiature
noun, feminine
holiday; holiday home
vimentine
noun, feminine
vimentin
vin
noun, masculine
wine
vin blanc
noun, masculine
white wine
vin bleu
noun, masculine
synonym of pinard (“plonk”) (cheap wine)
vin d'honneur
noun, masculine
wine reception (buffet with drinks provided)
vin de copeau
noun, masculine
wine in which woodchips have been soaked in order to lighten it
vin de garde
noun, masculine
wine for laying down, ageable wine
vin de glace
noun, masculine
icewine (alcoholic beverage made from grape juice squeezed from naturally frozen grapes left on the vine)
vin de maison
noun, masculine
house wine
vin de messe
noun, masculine
altar wine