boucle

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See also: bouclé

English

Noun

boucle (countable and uncountable, plural boucles)

  1. Alternative spelling of bouclé

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French boucle, bocle, from Latin buccula (“the cheek strap of a helmet”), diminutive of bucca.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bukl/
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Noun

boucle f (plural boucles)

  1. loop (line returning to its origin)
  2. (jewelry) earring
  3. buckle (of a belt, etc.)
  4. curl (of hair)
  5. ringlet
  6. (graph theory) loop
  7. (figure skating) loop jump
  8. (aviation) loop the loop (aircraft manoeuvre)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Catalan: bucle m
  • → Esperanto: buklo
  • → Galician: bucle
  • → Greek: μπούκλα (boúkla)
  • → Portuguese: bucle
  • → Romanian: buclă
  • → Russian: бу́кля (búklja)
  • → Spanish: bucle m
  • → Turkish: bukle

Further reading

Old French

Etymology

From Latin buccula, diminutive of bucca (“cheek”). Compare Anglo-Norman bucle.

Noun

boucle oblique singular, f (oblique plural boucles, nominative singular boucle, nominative plural boucles)

  1. buckle

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