villeu-x, -se, adj., (bot.) villous, villose.
villifère, adj., villiferous.
villiforme, adj., villiform.
villosité, n.f., (bot.) villosity.
vimaire, n.f., damage caused (to forests) by storms.
vin, n.m., wine, vinosity, strength. — mousseux; sparkling wine. — non mousseux; still wine. Du — éventé; dead wine. — de Bordeaux; claret. Du — paillet; pale wine. — du Rhin; Rhenish wine. — de deux feuilles; wine two years old. — qui a beaucoup de corps; full-bodied wine. — ordinaire; dinner wine. — pur; neat wine (without water). — coupé; diluted wine. — de la comète; vintage wine. — brûlé, — chaud; mulled wine, negus. Marchand de —, or négociant en —s; wine-merchant. Un doigt de —; a drop of wine. Tremper son —; to dilute one’s wine. Il est en pointe de —; he has had a drop too much. Être pris de —; to be the worse for liquor. Être entre deux —s; to be half-seas over. Cuver son —; to sleep one’s self sober. Un sac à —; a drunken sot. Il a le — mauvais; he is quarrelsome in his cups. Il a le — bon; he is merry in his cups. À bon — point d’enseigne; good wine needs no bush. Du — à faire danser les chèvres; wine not fit to drink. Le — entré, la raison sort; (prov.) when ale is in, wit is out. Mouiller trop son —; to drown the miller.
vinage, n.m., putting alcohol into wine.
vinaigre, n.m., vinegar.
vinaigré, -e, adj., seasoned with vinegar.
vinaigrer, v.a., to season with vinegar.