vilipender, v.a., to vilify, to despise, to cry down; to undervalue.
vilité, n.f. V. vileté.
villa, n.f., villa.
villace, n.f., (fam., l.u.) large, straggling, thinly-peopled city.
village, n.m., village. Des gens de —; country-folk. Il est bien de son —; he knows nothing of what is going on in the world.
villageois (-joâ), n.m., -e (-joaz), n.f., villager, rustic, cottager. adj. rustic, country.
villanelle, n.f., pastoral poetry; a dancing tune.
ville, n.f., town, city. — de commerce; commercial town. — maritime; sea-port town. — de bains or d’eaux; watering-place. — de guerre; fortress. Robe, or toilette, de —; walking-dress. Habit de —; (of officers) plain clothes, mufti. Costume de —; morning-coat, frock coat. Corps de —; corporation, town-council. Être en —; to be out (not at home). Il est allé dîner en —; he has gone out to dinner, he is dining out. Être à la —; to be in town.
villégiature, n.f., sojourn in the country. En —; staying in the country.
villette, n.f., (fam.) small town, townlet.