huile

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) oil (liquid fat)
2. (feminine) big gun, big cheese (person of consequence)

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person) inflection of huiler:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of huiler:

Concepts

oil

fat

bigwig

butter

🧈

sesame oil

cottonseed oil

grease

stuffed shirt

motor oil

liquid oil

oiled

oils

smooth

vegetable oil

abrasin oil

anele

elbow-grease

oil color

oil colour

viscous liquid

animals

top banana

fatty oils

oil products

inunct

olive oil

attar

embrocate

fuddy-duddy

greased

kerosene

kingpin

lamp oil

linseed oil

liquefied

anoint

slippery

Synonyms

graisse

pétrole

beurre

🧈

indispensable

singe

🐒

empaillé

huile de graissage

gros bonnet

grosse légume

huile de coton

huile de sésame

onguent

personnage

enduire

huile grasse

produit oléagineux

pétrole lampant

étendre

huile d’arachide

étaler

kérosène

huile lourde

huile végétale

notable

officieux

oindre

olive

🫒

Translations

Öl

aceite

olio

olie

óleo

oli

yağ

λάδι

oleum

óleo

azeite

زيت

έλαιο

òli

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɥil/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: huyle

Inherited from Old French: oile

Inherited from Latin: oleum

In summary

Inherited from Middle French huyle, from Old French oile, from Latin oleum, from olea (“olive”), from Ancient Greek ἐλαία (elaía, “olive”). The h was added in Middle French to indicate that the u was a vowel, as in typography u and v were used interchangeably at the time. Compare huit (“eight”).

Sentences

Cette huile sur toile représente un restaurant à Bougival, dans les Yvelines .

This oil on canvas represents a restaurant in Bougival, in the Yvelines.