bouclier
French
Etymology
Cca 1100 escut bucler then escut boucler and later escus bouclés i.e. shield with a buckle, a buckler, with suffix -ier.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bu.kli.je/
Noun
bouclier m (plural boucliers)
- shield (anything which protects or defends)
- levée de bouclier: outcry, protest (literally raising of shield: as in the protective mechanism employed by the ancient phalanx)
- Le même portait, en outre, le petit bouclier triangulaire, assez large à son sommet pour protéger la poitrine, et, à partir de là, s’amincissant en pointe. (Walter Scott, Ivanhoé, Traduction de l’anglais par Alexandre Dumas, 1820)
Synonyms
Further reading
- “bouclier” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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