boucle
See also: bouclé
French
Etymology
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)
- loop (line returning to its origin)
- (jewellery) earring
- buckle (of a belt, etc.)
- curl (of hair)
- ringlet
- (graph theory) loop
- (figure skating) loop jump
- (aviation) loop the loop (aircraft manoeuvre)
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “boucle” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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