moulinette

French

Etymology

From moulin +‎ -ette

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mu.li.nɛt/

Noun

moulinette f (plural moulinettes)

(cooking) vegetable mill
(computing) A program that performs a series of simple, repetitive calculations
(sword fighting) An ostentatious twirling of a sword when facing multiple opponents, invoking the turning sails of a windmill.

Further reading

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

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