aiguille
See also: aiguillé
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French aiguille (“needle”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.ɡwiːl/,[1][2] /eɪˈɡwiːl/,[2] /ˈeɪ.ɡwiː/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.ɡwil/,[2][3] /eɪˈɡwil/,[1][2][3][4] /eɪˈɡwi/[4]
Noun
[edit]aiguille (plural aiguilles)
- A needle-shaped peak. [from 19th c.]
- 1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC:
- Mont Blanc, the supreme and magnificent Mont Blanc, raised itself from the surrounding aiguilles, and its tremendous dome overlooked the valley.
- An instrument for boring holes, used in blasting.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “aiguille”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 “aiguille”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 “aiguille”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 “aiguille”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French aguille, from Late Latin acūcula, diminutive of Latin acus (“needle”). Perhaps influenced phonetically by aiguiser. Compare Occitan agulha.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɛ.ɡɥij/ ~ /e.ɡɥij/
Audio: (file) Audio (Paris): (file) - Homophones: aiguillent, aiguilles, Éguilles
Noun
[edit]aiguille f (plural aiguilles)
- (botany, costumery, medicine) needle
- needle (of a compass)
- hand (of a watch)
- spire (of a church)
- (railway) point, switch
- Coordinate term: aiguillage
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- épingle f
Verb
[edit]aiguille
- inflection of aiguiller:
Further reading
[edit]- “aiguille” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
- “aiguille” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
- “aiguille” in Dictionnaire Le Robert.
- “aiguille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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