vanille

See also: Vanille and vanillé

English

Etymology

From French vanille.

Noun

vanille (uncountable)

1. Archaic form of vanilla.
   • 1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Seventh Book”, in Aurora Leigh, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1857, →OCLC, pages 316–317:

     Each lovely lady close to a cavalier / Who holds her dear fan while she feeds her smile / On meditative spoonfuls of vanille, / He breathing hot protesting vows of love, / Enough to thaw her cream, and scorch his beard.

   • 1871, Charles Kingsley, “The High Woods”, in At Last: A Christmas in the West Indies. […], volume I, London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 254:

     And what is this delicious scent about the air? Vanille? Of course it is; […]

   • [1884], [Mary Elizabeth Braddon], “‘My Soul Failed when he Spake’”, in Ishmael: […], volume I, London: John and Robert Maxwell, […], →OCLC, pages 209–210:

     The three Benoît girls and Madame Morice were seated round a table furnished with dainty little white cups and saucers, a plate of delicate biscuits, and a chocolatière which breathed odours of vanille.

Dutch

Alternative forms

• vanielje (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from French vanille, from Spanish vainilla.

Pronunciation

• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): /vɑˈni.jə/, (proscribed) /vɑˈnil.jə/
• (Belgium) IPA^(key): /vɑˈnɪ.lə/

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• Hyphenation: va‧nil‧le
• Rhymes: -ijə, -ɪlə

Noun

vanille f (uncountable)

1. vanilla

Derived terms

• vanillesuiker
• vanillevla

Descendants

• Afrikaans: vanielje
• Petjo: pernielie

Anagrams

• invalle, valle in

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vainilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va.nij/

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• Rhymes: -ij

Noun

vanille f (plural vanilles)

1. vanilla (clarification of this definition is needed)

Derived terms

• orchis vanille

 

Descendants

• → Danish: vanilje
• → Dutch: vanille
• → English: vanille
• → German: Vanille
• → Norwegian Bokmål: vanilje

Further reading

• “vanille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

vanille f (plural vanilles)

1. (Jersey) vanilla