bucle

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French boucle f.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbu.klə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈbu.kle]

Noun

bucle m (plural bucles)

1. curl

   Synonyms: ris, rull

2. loop
3. loop-the-loop

Derived terms

• bucle de realimentació
• buclejar

Further reading

• “bucle” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Old French

Etymology

Latin buccula

Noun

bucle oblique singular, f (oblique plural bucles, nominative singular bucle, nominative plural bucles)

1. knot

Descendants

• → English: buckle

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French boucle, from Latin buccula. Cognate with English buckle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbukle/ [ˈbu.kle]
• Rhymes: -ukle
• Syllabification: bu‧cle

Noun

bucle m (plural bucles)

1. curl of hair
2. (Spain) loop (repeating process)

   Synonym: ciclo

Derived terms

• bucle for
• en bucle

 

Further reading

• “bucle”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014