cloche
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French cloche (“bell”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin clocca (“bell”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cloche (plural cloches)
- A glass covering, originally bell-shaped, for garden plants to prevent frost damage and promote early growth.
- A bell-shaped, close-fitting women’s hat with a deep rounded crown and narrow rim.
- A tableware cover, often resembling a bell.
- (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
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French
Etymology
From Medieval Latin clocca, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos (see also Welsh cloch, Old Irish cloc). Related to Old English clucge, Low German Klock (“bell, clock”), German Glocke, Swedish klocka.
Pronunciation
Noun
cloche f (plural cloches)
- bell (metal apparatus used to produce sound)
- a glass covering, originally bell-shaped, for garden plants to prevent frost damage and promote early growth
- a bell-shaped, close-fitting women’s hat with a deep rounded crown and narrow rim
- a tableware cover, often resembling a bell.
- (colloquial) a clumsy person, an oaf
Adjective
cloche (plural cloches)
Verb
cloche
- first-person singular present indicative of clocher
- third-person singular present indicative of clocher
- first-person singular present subjunctive of clocher
- third-person singular present subjunctive of clocher
- second-person singular imperative of clocher
See also
Further reading
- “cloche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Interlingue
Noun
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Italian
Noun
cloche f (uncountable)
- joystick
- gear lever (in a car)
- cloche hat
Middle English
Noun
cloche
- Alternative form of cloke (“claw”)
Middle French
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin clocca
Noun
cloche f (plural cloches)
- bell (metal apparatus used to produce sound)
Old French
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin clocca
Noun
cloche oblique singular, f (oblique plural cloches, nominative singular cloche, nominative plural cloches)
- bell (metal apparatus used to produce sound)
Spanish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
cloche m (plural cloches)
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