verrou

French

Etymology

From Old French veroil, from Vulgar Latin *verruculum, from Latin vericulum, diminutive of verū.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ve.ʁu/, /vɛ.ʁu/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -u

Noun

verrou m (plural verrous)

(on a door) bolt
(on a gun) lock
(computer science) lock, mutex

Derived terms

verrouiller

Further reading

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

Anagrams

ouvrer, rouvre

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