scoubidou

English

Two shades of blue lanyard constitute this scoubidou crafted in barrel knot flanked by unequal sections in box stitch.

Etymology

From French scoubidou.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌskuːbiˈduː/
• Homophone: Scooby-Doo

Noun

scoubidou (plural scoubidous)

2. A plait woven from multi-coloured strips of coloured plastic.

   Synonym: craftlace

Translations

plait woven from strips of plastic

• Catalan: escubidú (ca) m
• Dutch: scoubidou (nl) m
• French: scoubidou (fr) m
• German: Hexentreppchen n
• Polish: filofun m

See also

• boondoggle

Further reading

• scoubidou on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

From French scoubidou.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skubiˈdu/

• Audio:

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Noun

scoubidou m (plural scoubidous, diminutive scoubidoutje n)

1. scoubidou

Further reading

• scoubidou on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

French

Etymology

From Occitan escoba (“broom”). Popularised by Alexandre “Sacha” Distel’s 1958 song “Scoubidou”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sku.bi.du/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

scoubidou m (plural scoubidous)

1. scoubidou

Descendants

• → Dutch: scoubidou
• → English: scoubidou

Further reading

• scoubidou on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr
• “scoubidou”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.