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Etymology edit

The French professional cyclist Sandy Casar is regarded as a rouleur.

Borrowed from French rouleur (one who causes something to roll, roller; something which rolls; cyclist who performs well on flat and undulating roads, rouleur), from rouler (to roll) + -eur (suffix forming masculine nouns from verbs). Rouler is derived from Old French ruele, roele (small wheel) (from Medieval Latin rotulō, from Latin rotula (small wheel; a roll), from rota (wheel) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- (to run)) + -ula (feminine singular of -ulus (diminutive suffix))) + -er (suffix forming infinitives of first-conjugation verbs).

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Noun edit

rouleur (plural rouleurs)

  1. (cycle racing) A cyclist who performs well on flat and undulating roads.

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French edit

Etymology edit

From rouler (to roll) +‎ -eur (suffix forming masculine nouns from verbs).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʁu.lœʁ/
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  • Hyphenation: roul‧eur

Adjective edit

rouleur (feminine rouleuse, masculine plural rouleurs, feminine plural rouleuses)

  1. rolling; that rolls

Noun edit

rouleur m (plural rouleurs, feminine rouleuse)

  1. roller
  2. (cycle racing) rouleur

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