véhicule, n.m., vehicle.
vehme, n.f., (n.p.) Vehmic Court.
vehmique, adj., Vehmic.
*veille, n.f., watch, watching, sitting up; eve, vigil, day before; point, verge. Être à la — de; to be on the point of, on the verge of. Entre la — et le sommeil; between sleeping and waking.
*veillée, n.f., sitting up to work in company; evening (in company); night attendance (upon a sick person). Les —s d’hiver; the winter evenings.
*veiller, v.n., to watch, to sit up, to wake, to be awake, to lie awake; to be on the watch; to attend, to take care, to see, to have an eye upon. — au salut de l’état; to watch over the safety of the state. — sur soi même; to be upon one’s guard. Faire — quelqu’un; to keep any one up. Veillez-y; see to it.
*veiller, v.a., to watch over, to look after, to sit up with. — un malade; to sit up with, or to watch by the bedside of, a sick person.
*veilles, n.f.pl., labors; night-studies, night-watches, vigils.
*veilleur, n.m., watcher; night watchman.
*veilleuse, n.f., night-lamp; float-light, watch-light.