bascule

See also: basculé

English

bascule
A bascule bridge
breech-loading firearm showing the bascule

Etymology

From French basculer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbæskjuːl/

Noun

bascule (plural bascules)

  1. a counterbalanced structure having one end that rises as the other lowers
  2. (firearms) The portion of a breech-loading firearm, which pivots open in order to allow access to the chamber.
    • 1997, Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office:
      A device for coupling and releasing the trigger mechanism in a bascule of a gun

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French bascule.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌbɑsˈky.lə/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: vas‧cu‧le
  • Rhymes: -ylə

Noun

bascule f (plural bascules)

  1. balance, balance scales
  2. counterweight

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bas.kyl/

Verb

bascule

  1. first-person singular present indicative of basculer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of basculer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of basculer
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of basculer
  5. second-person singular imperative of basculer

Italian

Noun

bascule f

  1. plural of bascula

Spanish

Verb

bascule

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of bascular.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of bascular.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of bascular.
  4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of bascular.
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