noose

English

A noose

Pronunciation

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

Etymology

Probably from Old French nous, nominative singular or accusative plural of nou (“knot”). Compare node.

Noun

noose (plural nooses)

1. An adjustable loop of rope, e.g. 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 m
• Aromanian: alats
• Belarusian: пятля f (pjatljá)
• Catalan: llaç
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: oprátka f
• Danish: løkke
• Dutch: strop
• 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
• Maori: kōpeti, koromahanga
• Norwegian: renneløkke c, rennesnare c
• Polish: pętla (pl) f, stryczek (pl) m
• Portuguese: laço (pt), nó (pt), forca (pt) f
• Romanian: laț (ro), ștreang (ro) n
• Russian: петля (ru) f (pétlja, petljá)
• Scottish Gaelic: lùb f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: петља f

  Roman: petlja f

• Slovak: oprátka f
• Slovene: zanka (sl) f
• Spanish: dogal m
• Swedish: löpsnara c, rännsnara c
• Ukrainian: петля f (petljá)

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