cingle

See also: cinglé

English

Etymology

From Middle English sengle, from Old French sengle, cengle (Modern French sangle), from Late Latin cingula, from Latin cingulum (“girdle”), from cingere (“to gird”). Doublet of cinch. Compare also Middle English kyngle, kyngll (“girdle, brooch”) from Old Norse kinga (“brooch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪŋɡəl/

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋɡəl
• Homophone: single

Noun

cingle (plural cingles)

1. A kind of belt or other girdle.
   • 1990, Guy Davenport, The Drummer of the Eleventh North Devonshire Fusiliers:

     A triangle of arcs, her slip, flag red, and her friend with a swimmer’s back and saucery hollows in his solidly boxed buttocks was cupped into a gauze pouch and cingle.

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cingulum (“girdle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsiŋ.ɡlə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈsiŋ.ɡle]

Noun

cingle m (plural cingles)

1. crag, cliff

   espadat

Derived terms

• cingla
• cinglera

 

Related terms

• timba

Further reading

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

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛ̃ɡl/

Etymology 1

From Latin cingula, cingulum (“girdle”).

Noun

cingle m (plural cingles)

1. (geography) meander

   Synonyms: sinuosité, méandre

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cingle

1. inflection of cingler:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “cingle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• cligne, cligné

Spanish

Verb

cingle

1. inflection of cinglar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative