triboulet

English

A triboulet.

Etymology

From French triboulet, an eponym from the jester Triboulet (1479 – 1536) of kings Louis XII and Francis I of France.

Noun

triboulet (plural triboulets)

1. A jester dressed entirely in red.
2. A tapered steel mandrel used by a jeweler to make jewelry.

Anagrams

• butter oil, butteroil

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁi.bu.lɛ/

Noun

triboulet m (plural triboulets)

1. triboulet

Further reading

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