noose

See also: Noose

English

A noose

Alternative forms

• nooze (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English nose, probably from Old French nos or Old Occitan nous, nos, nominative singular or accusative plural of nou (“knot”). Cognate with French nœud (“knot”), Portuguese nó (“knot”) and Spanish nudo (“knot”). Compare node and knot.

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

adjustable loop or rope

• Albanian: lak (sq) m
• Arabic: حَبْل مِشْنَقَة‎ (ḥabl mišnaqa)
• Aromanian: alats
• Belarusian: пятля f (pjatlja)
• Bulgarian: клуп (bg) m (klup), примка (bg) (primka)
• 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 (cs) f
• Danish: løkke
• Dutch: strop (nl)
• Finnish: juoksusilmukka (type of knot); hirttosilmukka (fi) (hangman's noose)
• French: nœud coulant (fr) m, lacs (fr)
• German: (generally) Schlinge (de) f; (in hanging often) Strick (de) m (properly the rope)
• Greek: θηλιά (el) f (thiliá)

  Ancient: βρόχος m (brókhos)

• Hungarian: hurok (hu)
• Icelandic: lykkja (is) f, rennilykkja f
• Irish: dol
• Italian: cappio (it) m, laccio (it) m
• Japanese: 輪縄 (わなわ, wanawa)

• Latin: laqueus, transenna f
• Maori: kōpeti, koromahanga, kono
• Navajo: łoh
• Norman: noeud d'pendard m
• Norwegian: renneløkke c, rennesnare c, løkke (no) f
• Old English: grin m
• 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: омча f, петља f

  Roman: omča (sh) f, petlja (sh) f

• Slovak: oprátka f
• Slovene: zanka (sl) f
• Spanish: dogal (es) 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

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Middle English

Noun

noose (plural nooses)

1. Alternative form of nose