"rotule" meaning in French

See rotule in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʁɔ.tyl/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Vaulque-rotule.wav Forms: rotules [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- Proto-Indo-European *Hróth₂eh₂der. Proto-Italic *rotā Latin rota Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Medieval Latin rotulabor. French rotule Borrowed from Medieval Latin rotula. Etymology templates: {{ety|fr|:bor|la-med:rotula<id:wheel>|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- Proto-Indo-European *Hróth₂eh₂der. Proto-Italic *rotā Latin rota Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Medieval Latin rotulabor. French rotule [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "wheel", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "wheel", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*Hróth₂eh₂", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*Hreth₂-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*rotā", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "rota", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "gloss" : "-ule: forming diminutives", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "diminutive", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-elós", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-lós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-elos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ulus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Medieval Latin", "term" : "rotula", "lang" : "la-med" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "rotule", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="rotule">, {{bor+|fr|la-med|rotula}} Borrowed from Medieval Latin rotula Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} rotule f (plural rotules)
  1. kneecap Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-rotule-fr-noun-522tvkUB
  2. ball-and-socket joint Tags: feminine
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: articulation à rotule, être sur les rotules, joint à rotule, rotule de montage, rotulien
Categories (other): Skeleton Disambiguation of Skeleton: 0 0

Inflected forms

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