bigle
See also: biglé
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biɡl/
Etymology 1
From Middle French bigle, from Old French bigre (“cross-eyed”), of unknown origin.
Etymology 2
From earlier bicler (“to look, see”), from Middle French biscler (“to squint”), probably a borrowing of Latin *bisoculare (“to squint”), from bis (“twice”) + *oculare (“to see”).
Verb
bigle
Further reading
- “bigle” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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