cloche

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French cloche (“bell”), from Medieval Latin clocca (“bell”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /klɒʃ/, /kloʊʃ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɒʃ, -oʊʃ

Noun

cloche (plural cloches)

  1. A glass covering, originally bell-shaped, for garden plants to prevent frost damage and promote early growth.
  2. A bell-shaped, close-fitting women’s hat with a deep rounded crown and narrow rim.
  3. A tableware cover, often resembling a bell.
  4. (aviation, historical) An apparatus used in controlling certain aeroplanes, consisting principally of a steering column mounted with a universal joint at the base, which is bell-shaped and has attached to it the cables for controlling the wing-warping devices, elevator planes, etc.

Synonyms

  • (hat): cloche hat

Translations

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin clocca, from Gaulish *clocca (see also Welsh cloch, Irish clog), from imitative Proto-Indo-European *klak. Related to Old English clucge, Low German Klock (“bell, clock”), German Glocke, Swedish klocka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /klɔʃ/
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Noun

cloche f (plural cloches)

  1. bell (metal apparatus used to produce sound)
  2. A glass covering, originally bell-shaped, for garden plants to prevent frost damage and promote early growth.
  3. A bell-shaped, close-fitting women’s hat with a deep rounded crown and narrow rim.
  4. (colloquial) a clumsy person, an oaf

Adjective

cloche (plural cloches)

  1. (colloquial) clumsy, stupid

Verb

cloche

  1. first-person singular present indicative of clocher
  2. third-person singular present indicative of clocher
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of clocher
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of clocher
  5. second-person singular imperative of clocher

See also

Further reading

Interlingue

Noun

cloche (plural cloches)

  1. bell

Italian

Noun

cloche f (invariable)

  1. joystick
  2. gear lever (in a car)
  3. cloche hat

Middle English

Noun

cloche

  1. Alternative form of cloke (“claw”)

Middle French

Etymology

Medieval Latin clocca

Noun

cloche f (plural cloches)

  1. bell (metal apparatus used to produce sound)

Old French

Etymology

Medieval Latin clocca

Noun

cloche f (oblique plural cloches, nominative singular cloche, nominative plural cloches)

  1. bell (metal apparatus used to produce sound)

Spanish

Alternative forms

Noun

cloche m (plural cloches)

  1. clutch

Synonyms

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