boucle
See also: bouclé
English
Noun
boucle (countable and uncountable, plural boucles)
- 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)
- loop (line returning to its origin)
- (jewelry) 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
Related 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
- “boucle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- “boucle” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
- “boucle” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.
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)