rouleur
English edit
Etymology edit
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).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹuːˈlɜː/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ɹuˈlɝ/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: roul‧eur
Noun edit
rouleur (plural rouleurs)
- (cycle racing) A cyclist who performs well on flat and undulating roads.
Translations edit
Further reading edit
- rouleur on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- glossary of cycling on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French edit
Etymology edit
From rouler (“to roll”) + -eur (suffix forming masculine nouns from verbs).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
rouleur (feminine rouleuse, masculine plural rouleurs, feminine plural rouleuses)
- rolling; that rolls
Noun edit
rouleur m (plural rouleurs, feminine rouleuse)
Further reading edit
- “rouleur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.