vélocipède, n.m., velocipede, cycle.
vélocité, n.f., velocity, swiftness, rapidity, speed.
velours, n.m., velvet. — ras; short-nap velvet. — façonné; figured velvet. — de soie; silk velvet. — de coton; cotton velvet. — à côtes; corduroy. — de coton croisé; velveteen. — glacé; shot velvet. Faire patte de —; to speak smoothly; to draw in one’s claws. Habits de — ventre de son; (prov.) silks and satins put out the kitchen fire. Passe —; (bot.) prince’s feathers.
velouté, n.m., velveting, flock surface; velvet-pile; softness; (bot.) velvet; (med.) ☉mucous membrane.
velouté, -e, adj., velvet, velvety; cut in imitation of velvet; velvet-like; with the softness of velvet; soft and smooth to the palate (of wines).
velouter, v.a., to give (to some material) the appearance of velvet; to make velvet-like.
veloutier (-tié), n.m., velvet-worker.
veltage, n.m., measuring liquids by the velte.
velte, n.f., an (obsolete) measure of capacity, about 7 quarts English; a sort of gauge to measure the capacity of casks.
velter, v.a., to measure liquids by the velte.