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English
Etymology
From French rouelle.
Noun
rouelle (plural rouelles)
- (historical) A wheel-like amulet of the ancient Gauls, intended to symbolize the sun.
- (cooking) steak (especially of veal, cut across the leg)
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French roïele, roel, rodele, from Late Latin rotella, diminutive of Latin rota (“wheel”).
Pronunciation
Noun
rouelle f (plural rouelles)
- thin, round object or slice
- steak (especially of veal, cut across the leg)
- a yellow, ring-shaped badge which Jews were forced to wear in the Middle Ages
1970, Maurice Druon, “« Je cite au tribunal de Dieu » ["I call to the tribunal of God"]” (chapter 8), in Le Roi de fer [The Iron King] (Les Rois maudits; volume 1), page 101:Quelques Juifs, serrés en groupes timides, la rouelle jaune sur leur manteau, étaient venus regarder ce supplice dont, pour une fois, ils ne faisaient pas les frais.- Some Jews, huddled in timid little groups, the yellow rouelle on their coats, had come to watch this act of torment which, for once, was not being inflicted on them.
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