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will noun

  /wɪl/ , [wɪɫ]
  • One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention. [from 9th c.]
  • The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition. [from 10th c.]
  • One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands. [from 9th c.]
volonté

will verb

  /wɪl/ , [wɪɫ]
  • (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall. [from 10th c.]
  • (auxiliary) To choose or agree to (do something); used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive), often in questions and negation. [from 10th c.]
aller, -erai
vouloir

will verb

  /wɪl/ , [wɪɫ]
  • (transitive) To exert one's force of will (intention) in order to compel, or attempt to compel, something to happen or someone to do something. [from 10th c.]
léguer

Will properNoun

  /wɪl/
  • A en given name, a shortening of William; also used as a formal given name.
Guillon

willing adjective

  /ˈwɪlɪŋ/
  • Ready to do something that is not (can't be expected as) a matter of course.
volontaire

willful

volontaire
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