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Ville

Ville

See also: ville and -ville

Estonian

Proper noun

Ville

  1. A male given name.

Finnish

Etymology

Diminutive of Vilho and other variants of Vilhelmi (William), as well as of Viljo. Formal given name status since the 20th century.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ilːe
  • IPA(key): /ˈvilːe/
  • Hyphenation: Vil‧le

Proper noun

Ville

  1. A male given name.

Declension

Inflection of Ville (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative Ville Villet
genitive Villen Villejen
partitive Villeä Villejä
illative Villeen Villeihin
singular plural
nominative Ville Villet
accusative nom. Ville Villet
gen. Villen
genitive Villen Villejen
Villeinrare
partitive Villeä Villejä
inessive Villessä Villeissä
elative Villestä Villeistä
illative Villeen Villeihin
adessive Villellä Villeillä
ablative Villeltä Villeiltä
allative Villelle Villeille
essive Villenä Villeinä
translative Villeksi Villeiksi
instructive Villein
abessive Villettä Villeittä
comitative Villeineen

Usage notes

  • The most common first name of men born in Finland in 1987 - 1995.

Anagrams


Swedish

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Ville

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Vilhelm, taken up as a formal given name in the 2000s.

ville

ville

See also: -ville and Ville

Danish

Alternative forms

Verb

ville (imperative vil, infinitive at ville, present tense vil, past tense ville, perfect tense har villet)

  1. want to, be willing to, shall, will, should
  2. would

References


French

Etymology

From Old French ville, vile, from Latin vīlla (country house).

Pronunciation

  • (France) IPA(key): /vil/
  • (Quebec) IPA(key): /vɪl/
  • Rhymes: -il

Noun

ville f (plural villes)

  1. town, city

Synonyms

Derived terms


Italian

Noun

ville f pl

  1. plural of villa

Latin

Noun

ville

  1. vocative singular of villus

Middle French

Noun

ville f (plural villes)

  1. city or town

Norman

Etymology

From Old French vile, from Latin vīlla (country house).

Noun

ville f (plural villes)

  1. town

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Adjective

ville

  1. definite singular of vill
  2. plural of vill

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vilja, from Proto-Germanic *wiljaną, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.

Verb

ville (present tense vil, simple past ville, past participle villet, present participle villende)

  1. to want to, be willing to, shall, will, should
  2. would

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

ville

  1. definite singular of vill
  2. plural of vill

Verb

ville

  1. past tense of vilja and vilje

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin vīlla.

Noun

ville f (oblique plural villes, nominative singular ville, nominative plural villes)

  1. city or town

Descendants

See also


Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɪlːɛ/

Verb

ville

  1. past tense of vilja.