lacet
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lacet m (plural lacets)
- lace (of boot, shoe)
- knot on a rope, especially for trapping small animals
- (figuratively) trap, ambush
- bend, twist (of a road), a switchback
- yaw (rotation about the vertical axis)
- loop in homotopy theory
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “lacet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.