douille
French
Etymology
From Middle French douille, from Old French doile, doelle (“the hollow part of a tool where the handle is fixed”), from Old Frankish *dollī, *dullī (“hollow tube, pipe”), from Proto-Germanic *dulją (“pipe”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰel- (“curvature, hollow”). Cognate with Old High German duli, tulli (“pipe”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /duj/
Noun
douille f (plural douilles)
Further reading
- “douille” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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