boucle

Etymology

From French boucler (“to buckle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bukl/

Noun

boucle (countable and uncountable, plural boucles)

1. A fabric knitted or woven of uneven yarn with a surface of loops and curls.
2. Yarn with multiple plies, one of which is looser than the others, producing loops and curls.

Etymology

From Old French boucle, bocle, from Latin buccula (“the cheek strap of a helmet”), diminutive of bucca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bukl/

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Noun

boucle f (plural boucles)

1. loop (line returning to its origin)
2. (jewellery) earring
3. buckle (of a belt, etc.)
4. curl (of hair)
5. ringlet
6. (graph theory) loop
7. (figure skating) loop jump
8. (aviation) loop the loop (aircraft manoeuvre)

Further reading

• “boucle” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).