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# voile

noun (voile, uncountable; voiles for kinds)

«voile» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A thin, light, see-through cloth made of cotton, silk or polyester, used for curtains, dresses and blouses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voile/#m1)

### In the lessons

Used in clothes, sewing and home shopping. Voile curtains let light into a room but stop people from seeing in easily. The word comes from French, where it means "veil". Phrases: "voile curtains", "cotton voile".

### Examples

- We hung white voile curtains in the kitchen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voile/#x1)
- The summer dress was made of light cotton voile. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voile/#x2)
- Sunlight shone softly through the voile. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voile/#x3)
- Nan sewed a blouse from blue voile. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voile/#x4)
- Voile is so thin you can almost see through it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voile/#x5)
- The shop sells voile by the metre. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voile/#x6)

### Note

Uncountable: "some voile", "a metre of voile". Pronounced VOYL (rhymes with "boil") in English, or vwahl in the French way. It is related to "veil".

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «voile» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voile/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«voile» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/voile.html) on Mova free.