villi

villi

1. plural of villus

Borrowed from Old Swedish viller.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋilːi/, [ˈʋilːi]
• Rhymes: -ilːi
• Syllabification^(key): vil‧li

villi (comparative villimpi, superlative villein)

1. wild
2. savage
3. feral (wild, untamed, especially of domesticated animals having returned to the wild)
4. wildcat (unauthorized)

   Juutalaiset siirtolaiset ovat pystyttäneet uusia villejä siirtokuntia Länsirannan mäkien päälle.

   Jewish settlers have been putting up new wildcat outposts on hilltops in the West Bank.

5. far-fetched (not likely; difficult to believe)

   Hänellä on paljon villejä ideoita rahan ansaitsemiseksi.

   He is full of far-fetched ideas to make money.

• (feral): villiintynyt
• (wildcat): luvaton
• (far-fetched): uskomaton

• Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

villi (obsolete)

1. (politically incorrect) Short for villi-ihminen (“savage”).

• “villi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

• IPA^(key): [ˈvilːi]
• Hyphenation: vil‧li
• Rhymes: -li

From German Willi, from Slovak víly, plural of víla (“fairy”).

villi (plural villik)

1. fairy

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Abbreviation of villamos (“tram”).

• vili

villi (plural villik)

1. (informal) tram

   Synonym: villamos

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• Idegen szavak és kifejezések szótára, Bakos Ferenc, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1989, →ISBN
• Le Villi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia According to the legend of the villi, when a woman dies of a broken heart, the fairies force the heart breaker to dance until death.

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• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋilːi/, [ˈʋilʲː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋilʲːi/, [ˈʋilʲːi]
• Rhymes: -ilʲː, -ilʲːi
• Hyphenation: vil‧li

villi

1. callus

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Borrowed from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋilːi/, [ˈʋilʲː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋilʲːi/, [ˈʋilʲːi]
• Rhymes: -ilʲː, -ilʲːi
• Hyphenation: vil‧li

villi (comparative villimp)

1. wild

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 667

• IPA^(key): /ˈvil.li/
• Rhymes: -illi
• Hyphenation: vìl‧li

villi m

1. plural of villo

villī

1. inflection of villus:
   1. nominative/vocative plural
   2. genitive singular

From Old French veillier, from Latin vigilare, present active infinitive of vigilo (“I watch”).

villi

1. (France) to watch over

• villie
• révilli