"girouette" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [French]

IPA: /ʒi.ʁwɛt/ Forms: girouettes [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French gyrouete, from Old Northern French wirewite (“weathercock, weather vane”), borrowed from Old Norse veðrviti (“weather indicator, weather vane”), from veðr (“weather”), and viti (“indicator”). Also attributed to Norman wirewire (a variant of wirewite) at the origin of the dialectal term verguillon for girouette. Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|frm|gyrouete}} Middle French gyrouete, {{der|fr|fro-nor|wirewite||weathercock, weather vane}} Old Northern French wirewite (“weathercock, weather vane”), {{der|fr|non|veðrviti||weather indicator, weather vane}} Old Norse veðrviti (“weather indicator, weather vane”), {{m|non|veðr||weather}} veðr (“weather”), {{m|non|viti||indicator}} viti (“indicator”), {{uder|fr|nrf|wirewire}} Norman wirewire, {{m|nrf|wirewite}} wirewite, {{m|nrf|verguillon}} verguillon, {{m|fr||girouette}} girouette Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} girouette f (plural girouettes)
  1. weathercock, weather vane Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Architectural elements
    Sense id: en-girouette-fr-noun-SCyJaPr8 Disambiguation of Architectural elements: 92 8 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French undefined derivations Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of French undefined derivations: 86 14
  2. (figurative) a fickle person Tags: feminine, figuratively
    Sense id: en-girouette-fr-noun-lkNlZsKf

Inflected forms

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