aveugle

See also: aveuglé

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French aveugle from Old French avogle, from Late Latin ab oculīs (“without eyes”, literally “away from the eyes”), possibly a calque of Ancient Greek ἀπὸ ὀμμάτων (apò ommátōn) or more likely from Gaulish exops.

The current French form is either an exception to the normal sound shift from Latin '-cl-' or a semi-learned formation; cf. the dialectal and popular aveuil (older aveule, avule); see also œil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.vœɡl/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Homophones: aveuglent, aveugles
• Hyphenation: a‧veugle

Adjective

aveugle (plural aveugles)

1. blind (physically unable to see)

   une personne aveugle ― a blind person

2. (figuratively) blind (having poor judgement; unable or unwilling to acknowledge, or to put any effort toward understanding)
3. (figuratively) blind, unquestioning (unguided or unchecked by objective judgement)

   amour aveugle ― blind love

   foi aveugle ― blind faith

Derived terms

Derived terms

• aveuglement
• aveugle-né
• bien vu l’aveugle
• fenêtre aveugle
• il n’est pire aveugle que celui qui ne veut pas voir
• point aveugle
• tache aveugle

Noun

aveugle m or f by sense (plural aveugles)

1. a blind man or woman

Synonyms

• amblyope
• non-voyant (PC)
• malvoyant (PC)
• miro (familiar)

Derived terms

• au royaume des aveugles, les borgnes sont rois
• aveuglément
• aveuglette
• chien d’aveugle
• point aveugle
• vallée aveugle

Verb

aveugle

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

See also

• cécité

Further reading

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “ab oculis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, pages 35–37
• “aveugle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.