rustine
French edit
Etymology edit
Named after French cyclist Louis Rustin (1880–1954) + -ine.
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
rustine f (plural rustines)
- patch (rubber, to repair a bicycle tyre)
- (figurative) stop-gap, workaround
Further reading edit
- “rustine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.