boucle

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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)

buckle

Descendants

French: boucle
- → Catalan: bucle m
- → Esperanto: buklo
- → Galician: bucle
- → Greek: μπούκλα (boúkla)
- → Portuguese: bucle
- → Romanian: buclă
- → Russian: бу́кля (búklja)
- → Spanish: bucle m
- → Turkish: bukle
Norman: boucl'ye (Jersey)
→ Middle English: bokel
- English: buckle
- Yola: boouchel
→ Irish: búcla
→ Middle High German: buckel
- German: Buckel

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