vélite
French, noun\ve.lit\
vélite is spelled V-É-L-I-T-E (6 letters). Vélite is a French masculine noun meaning “veles; member of the velites” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Soldat d’infanterie romaine, légèrement armé”.
What does vélite mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineveles; member of the velites
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Soldat d’infanterie romaine, légèrement armé. 2. Membre d’un corps de chasseurs légers qui avait été créé en France par Napoléon Bonaparte.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of vélite
- vélites plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vélite?
- \ve.lit\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.