quenouille

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French quenouille

Noun

quenouille (plural quenouilles)

(horticulture) The distaff used in quenouille training.

French

Etymology

From Late Latin conucula, dissimilated form of colucula, from Latin colus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kə.nuj/
Audio (Paris) (file)

Noun

quenouille f (plural quenouilles)

distaff
cattail
Synonyms: massette, typha

Further reading

“quenouille” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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