aveugle

blind (physically unable to see); blind (having poor judgement; unable or unwilling to acknowledge, or to put any effort toward understanding); blind, unquestioning (unguided or unchecked by objective judgement)

“une personne aveugle” — a blind person

Inherited from Middle French aveugle from Old French avogle, from Late Latin ab oculīs (“without eyes”, literally “away from the eyes”), possibly a calque of Ancient Greek ἀπὸ ὀμμάτων (apò ommátōn) or more likely from Gaulish exops. The current French form is either an exception to the normal sound shift from Latin '-cl-' or a semi-learned formation; compare the dialectal and popular aveuil (older aveule, avule); see also œil.

a blind man or woman

Related: au royaume des aveugles, les borgnes sont rois, aveuglément, aveuglette, chien d'aveugle, vallée aveugle

Inherited from Middle French aveugle from Old French avogle, from Late Latin ab oculīs (“without eyes”, literally “away from the eyes”), possibly a calque of Ancient Greek ἀπὸ ὀμμάτων (apò ommátōn) or more likely from Gaulish exops. The current French form is either an exception to the normal sound shift from Latin '-cl-' or a semi-learned formation; compare the dialectal and popular aveuil (older aveule, avule); see also œil.