cupule
English
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Proto-Indo-European *-trom
Proto-Indo-European *-tlom, *-dʰlom
English -ule
English cupule
From cup + -ule.; former is derived from Old English copp of Germanic origin thus not related (false cognate) to cupula of Latin origin, but perhaps influenced it
Noun
[edit]cupule (plural cupules)
- Any small structure shaped like a cup, such as at the base of an acorn, or the sucker on the feet of some flies.
- 2018, Richard Powers, The Overstory, Vintage (2019), page 146:
- Then they extract a three-angled beechnut from its cupule, weigh it, and push it into the loam.
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[edit]Noun
[edit]cupule f (plural cupules)
Further reading
[edit]- “cupule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
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