cabriole
English
Etymology
From French cabriole (“a goat's leap”).
Noun
cabriole (plural cabrioles)
- A type of furniture leg used in certain ornate styles of furniture such as Queen Anne, having a double curve resembling the leg of an animal.
- 2009 January 23, Benjamin Genocchio, “A Winter Wonderland of Old and Modern Invites Meandering”, in New York Times[1]:
- It has been repaired in places, like a lot of period furniture, but it retains its original finish, […] along with splendid cabriole legs with claw-and-ball feet.
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Anagrams
French
Alternative forms
- capriole (dated)
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian capriola, initially as capriole, with a final -e to fit French norms.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.bʁi.jɔl/
Audio: (file) - Homophones: cabriolent, cabrioles
Noun
cabriole f (plural cabrioles)
Descendants
Verb
cabriole
- inflection of cabrioler:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “cabriole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Verb
cabriole
- inflection of cabriolar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Portuguese
Verb
cabriole
- inflection of cabriolar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Verb
cabriole
- inflection of cabriolar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative