Villeneuve

[veel-nœv]

noun

1. Pierre Charles Jean Baptiste Silvestre de 1763–1806, French admiral.

Villeneuve

/ vilnœv /

noun

1. Pierre Charles Jean Baptiste Silvestre de (pjɛr ʃarl ʒɑ̃ batist silvɛstrə də). 1763–1806, French admiral, defeated by Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar (1805)

Example Sentences

Jacques Villeneuve, who won the title in 1997, believes the Dutchman can do it and told Italian daily La Gazetta dello Sport that it will be his "best world championship".

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Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight will write the forthcoming film, which will be directed by Dune's Denis Villeneuve.

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The movie will be directed by Dune's Denis Villeneuve and is currently in development and being overseen by Amazon MGM Studios after long-serving masterminds Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson stood down in February.

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I've always had a soft spot for the 1982 Ferrari 126C2, particularly after the front suspension rocker arms it started the season with were replaced by wishbones and a pullrod, is also beautiful - although its fragility, exposed in the accidents suffered by Gilles Villeneuve and Didier Pironi, has to count against it.

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Knight still has plenty on the horizon, having just been announced as the writer for the forthcoming James Bond film, directed by Denis Villeneuve.

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