tuile

Etymology

From French tuile (“tile”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /twiːl/

Noun

tuile (plural tuiles)

1. A type of thin, papery cookie, often bent into fancy shapes
   • 2009, January 28, “Elaine Sciolino”, in With Cowbells and Oxtails, Culinary Olympics Begin‎:

     Finally, there was a grilled rib of beef in an herb and pistachio crust that sat on […] a cylindrical garnish of layered sweet potato and red pepper purée, pearls of glazed garlic and a thin Parmesan tuile.

Anagrams

• utile

Etymology

Metathesis of Old French tiule, from Latin tēgula. Doublet of tégule, a borrowing. Compare Italian tegola. Compare also Middle French teille, the Champenois form inherited from Vulgar Latin *tegla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɥil/

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Noun

tuile f (plural tuiles)

1. tile
2. (colloquial) bad luck, misfortune

   Synonyms: accident, imprévu

   Il m’est arrivé une tuile.

   Something bad happened to me.

3. (cooking) tuile (thin cookie)

Verb

tuile

1. first-person singular present indicative of tuiler
2. third-person singular present indicative of tuiler
3. second-person singular imperative of tuiler

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• utile

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɪlʲə/

Noun

tuile f (genitive singular tuile, nominative plural tuilte)

1. verbal noun of tuil
2. flood, flow

Mutation

Etymology

From Latin tēgula.

Noun

tuile f (plural tuiles)

1. (Jersey) tile

Noun

tuile

1. genitive singular of tuil