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cabriole

See also: cabriolé and cabriolè

English

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Chair with front legs in the cabriole style.

Etymology

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From French cabriole (“a goat's leap”).

Noun

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cabriole (plural cabrioles)

  1. 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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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian capriola, initially as capriole, with a final -e to fit French norms.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cabriole f (plural cabrioles)

  1. capriole (jump)
  2. (dressage) capriole

Descendants

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  • → Portuguese: cabriola

Verb

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cabriole

  1. inflection of cabrioler:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Galician

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Verb

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cabriole

  1. inflection of cabriolar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

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Verb

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cabriole

  1. inflection of cabriolar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

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Verb

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cabriole

  1. inflection of cabriolar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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