moulinette

English

Etymology

From French moulinette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muːlɪˈnɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt
• Hyphenation: mou‧li‧nette

Noun

moulinette (plural moulinettes)

1. (cooking) A food mill.
2. (swordfighting) The ostentatious twirling of a sword when facing multiple opponents, suggesting the turning sails of a windmill.

French

Etymology

From moulin +‎ -ette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.li.nɛt/

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Noun

moulinette f (plural moulinettes)

1. (cooking) moulinette
2. (swordfighting) moulinette
3. (computing) a program that performs a series of simple, repetitive calculations
4. (climbing) top-roping

Derived terms

• passer à la moulinette

Further reading

• “moulinette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.