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moulinette

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English

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Etymology

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From French moulinette.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /muːlɪˈnɛt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛt
  • Hyphenation: mou‧li‧nette

Noun

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moulinette (plural moulinettes)

  1. (cooking) A food mill.
  2. (swordfighting) The ostentatious twirling of a sword when facing multiple opponents, suggesting the turning sails of a windmill.

French

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French Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fr

Etymology

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From moulin +‎ -ette.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mu.li.nɛt/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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moulinette f (plural moulinettes)

  1. (cooking) moulinette
  2. (swordfighting) moulinette
  3. (computing) a program that performs a series of simple, repetitive calculations
  4. (climbing) top-roping

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