noose

See also: Noose

English

A noose

Alternative forms

• nooze (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English *noos, *nos, probably from Old French nos or Old Provençal nous, nos, nominative singular or accusative plural of nou (“knot”). Compare node.

Pronunciation

• enPR: noo͞s, IPA^(key): /nuːs/
• Rhymes: -uːs

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Noun

noose (plural nooses)

1. An adjustable loop of rope, such as the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso.

Derived terms

• hangman's noose

Translations

an adjustable loop or rope

• Albanian: lak (sq) m
• Aromanian: alats
• Belarusian: пятля f (pjatlja)
• Burmese: ညွှတ် (my) (hnywat), ကြိုးကွင်း (my) (krui:kwang:), ကွင်းလျှော (my) (kwang:hlyau:)
• Catalan: llaç (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 環 (zh), 环 (zh) (huán), 繯 (zh), 缳 (zh) (huán)

• Czech: oprátka f
• Danish: løkke
• Dutch: strop (nl)
• Finnish: silmukka (fi), juoksusilmukka
• French: nœud coulant (fr) m, lacs (fr)
• German: Schlinge (de) f
• Greek: θηλιά (el) f (thiliá)
• Hungarian: hurok (hu)
• Icelandic: lykkja (is) f, rennilykkja f
• Irish: dol
• Italian: cappio (it) m, m
• Japanese: 輪縄 (わなわ, wanawa)

• Latin: laqueus, transenna f
• Maori: kōpeti, koromahanga, kono
• Navajo: łoh
• Norwegian: renneløkke c, rennesnare c, løkke (no) f
• Persian: خفت‏‎ (fa) (xeft)
• Polish: pętla (pl) f, stryczek (pl) m
• Portuguese: laço (pt) m, forca (pt) f
• Romanian: laț (ro), ștreang (ro) n
• Russian: пе́тля (ru) f (pétlja), петля́ (ru) f (petljá)
• Scottish Gaelic: lùb f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: петља f

  Roman: petlja (sh) f

• Slovak: oprátka f
• Slovene: zanka (sl) f
• Spanish: dogal m
• Swedish: löpsnara c, rännsnara c
• Ukrainian: петля́ f (petljá), за́шморг m (zášmorh)
• Welsh: dolen (cy) f

Verb

noose (third-person singular simple present nooses, present participle noosing, simple past and past participle noosed)

1. (transitive) To tie or catch in a noose; to entrap or ensnare.

Anagrams

• osone, soone