huile

See also: huilé

Dutch

Verb

huile

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of huilen

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French huyle, from Old French oile, from Latin oleum, from olea (“olive”), from Ancient Greek ἐλαία (elaía, “olive”). The h was added in Middle French to indicate that the u was a vowel, as in typography u and v were used interchangeably at the time. Compare huit (“eight”).

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /ɥil/

• Audio:

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Noun

huile f (plural huiles)

1. oil (liquid fat)
2. big gun, big cheese (person of consequence)

   Synonyms: gros bonnet, ponte

Derived terms

• faire tache d’huile
• huilage
• huile de coco
• huile de coude
• huile de foie de morue
• huile de palme
• huile de poisson
• huile de sésame
• huile d’olive
• huile essentielle
• huiler
• huilerie
• huileux
• huilier
• mer d’huile
• mettre de l’huile sur le feu
• palmier à huile

 

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: lwil (from l’huile)
• Vietnamese: luyn (from l’huile)

Verb

huile

1. inflection of huiler:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɪlʲə/

Adjective

huile

1. h-prothesized form of uile

Norman

Etymology

From Old French oile, from Latin oleum, from olea (“olive”), from Ancient Greek ἐλαία (elaía, “olive”).

Noun

huile f (plural huiles)

1. (Guernsey) oil

Old French

Etymology

Attested with this spelling at least as early as 1260.

Noun

huile oblique singular, f (oblique plural huiles, nominative singular huile, nominative plural huiles)

1. Alternative form of oile

Old Irish

Determiner

huile

1. Alternative spelling of uile

Inflection

io/iā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	huile	huile	huile
Vocative	huili
Accusative	huile	huili
Genitive	huili	huile	huili
Dative	huiliu	huili	huiliu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	huili	huili
Vocative	huili huiliu*
Accusative	huili huiliu*
Genitive	huile
Dative	huilib
Notes	* when substantivized

Mutation

Mutation of huile

radical	lenition	nasalization
huile (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	nhuile

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Spanish

Verb

huile

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of huir combined with le