voilerie (voal-rî), n.f., (nav.) sail-loft; sail-making.
voilier, n.m., sail-maker; sailer (ship). Un bon —; a fast sailer (ship).
voilure, n.f., set of sails; trim of the sails.
voir (voyant, vu), v.a., to see; to look at, to behold, to observe, to view; to witness; to inspect, to superintend; to overlook; to keep company with; to be on visiting terms with, to frequent the society of. Je l’ai vu de mes propres yeux; I have seen it with my own eyes. Il veut tout — par lui-même; he insists on seeing everything with his own eyes, or for himself. Que vois-je? what do I see? — quelque chose en songe; to see anything in a dream. — le jour; to be born, to see the light of day. Faire —; to show, to let see. On n’a jamais rien vu de pareil; the like was never seen before. Vit-on jamais rien d’égal? was anything like it ever seen? Voyez ce tableau; look at that picture. Faire — du pays à quelqu’un; to lead any one a dance. — tout en beau; to see the bright side of anything. Il ne voit personne; he sees no company. Se faire —; to appear, to show one’s self. Je vous vois venir; I see what you are driving at.
se voir, v.r., to see one’s self; to see one another; to visit one another; to be, or to find, one’s self. Ils ne se voient point; they do not visit one another, they are not on visiting terms.
voir, v.n., to see; to have one’s sight; to superintend; to inspect, to look, to look out. Je vois bien quelle est son intention; I see plainly what he is driving at. Je ne vois point à quoi cela peut servir; I don’t see what purpose that can serve. Je lui ferai bien — à qui il s’adresse; I’ll show him what sort of a person he has to deal with. — clair; to see clearly. Y — trouble; to see dimly. Au vu et au su de tout le monde; openly, before every one. Ceci est à —; it remains to be seen. — de loin; to be far-sighted. N’y — goutte; not to see a bit, not to see a wink, not to see in the least. Voyons! let us see! come! now then! Ma maison voit sur un jardin; my house looks out into a garden.
voire, adv., even; ☉indeed, truly. — même; nay even.
voirie, n.f., commission of public ways or highways; common sewer, carrion, offal.
voisin, -e, adj., neighboring, bordering, adjacent, next; next door. La maison —e; the next house. Être — de sa ruine; (fig.) to be on the verge of ruin.
voisin, n.m., -e, n.f., neighbor. Être —s; to be next-door neighbors.