boucle

See also: bouclé

English

Noun

boucle (countable and uncountable, plural boucles)

1. 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)

1. loop (line returning to its origin)
2. (jewelry) earring
3. buckle (of a belt, etc.)
4. curl (of hair)
5. ringlet
6. (graph theory) loop
7. (figure skating) loop jump
8. (aviation) loop the loop (aircraft manoeuvre)

Derived terms

• boucle infinie
• boucler la boucle
• Grande Boucle
• boucle d’oreille
• en boucle

Related terms

• boucler
• bouclette

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)

1. 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