boucle
French
noun
Definitions
- loop line returning to its origin
- (jewellery) earring
- buckle (of a belt, etc.)
- curl (of hair)
- ringlet
- (graph theory) loop
- (figure skating) loop jump
- (aviation) loop the loop aircraft manoeuvre
Etymology
Inherited from Old French boucle (buckle) inherited from Latin buccula (cheek strap of a helmet, the cheek strap of a helmet, boss).
Origin
Latin
buccula
Gloss
cheek strap of a helmet, the cheek strap of a helmet, boss
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *bucculārius Latin
- bucca Latin
- buccula Latin
- Locke German
- boccolo Italian
- -ier French
- bouclette French
- bouclier French
- букля Russian
- ло́кон Russian
- bucle Spanish, Castilian
- bocle Old French
- boucle Old French
- boucler Old French
- buklo Esperanto
- bucle Catalan, Valencian
- buclă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- bokelare Middle Dutch
- buklo Ido
- bliouque Norman
- buckel Middle High German