ouaille
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French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Inherited from Old French oaille, from earlier oeille (with the ending subsequently matched to the suffix -aille), from Latin ovicula, diminutive of ovis, from Proto-Italic *owis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis.
Noun[edit]
ouaille f (plural ouailles)
- (archaic) sheep
- (specifically) ewe
- (in the plural) flock (of sheep, or the people looked after by a Christian pastor)
See also[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See ouais.
Adverb[edit]
ouaille
Interjection[edit]
ouaille
Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- “ouaille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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