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rhomboidal
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -??d?l
Adjective
rhomboidal (comparative more rhomboidal, superlative most rhomboidal)
- rhomboid, having a rhomboid shape
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fusil
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fju?z?l/
Etymology 1
From Old French fusel, fuisel, from a late Latin diminutive of Latin f?sus (“spindle”).
Noun
fusil (plural fusils)
- (heraldry) A bearing of a rhomboidal figure, originally representing a spindle in shape, longer than a heraldic lozenge.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle French fusil, ultimately from Latin focus (“hearth; fire”). Doublet of fusee.
Noun
fusil (plural fusils)
- (now historical) A light flintlock musket or firelock.
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol II, ch. 43:
- [H]e out of meer wantonness attempted to trip up the heels of the soldier that stood next him, but failed in the execution, and received a blow of his breast with the butt end of a fusil, that made him stagger several paces backward.
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol II, ch. 43:
Synonyms
- fusee
Translations
Etymology 3
Alternative forms.
Adjective
fusil (comparative more fusil, superlative most fusil)
- Obsolete form of fusile.
- 1728, John Woodward, An Attempt towards a Natural History of the Fossils of England
- A kind of fusil marble.
- 1728, John Woodward, An Attempt towards a Natural History of the Fossils of England
French
Etymology
From Old French fuisil, foisil, from Vulgar Latin *foc?lis (petra), from Latin focus. Compare Italian fucile.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fy.zi/
Noun
fusil m (plural fusils)
- rifle, gun
- steel to strike sparks from a flint (pierre à fusil)
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Catalan: fusell
- ? Spanish: fusil
Further reading
- “fusil” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French fusil.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fu?sil/, [fu?sil]
- Rhymes: -il
Noun
fusil m (plural fusiles)
- rifle
- Synonym: rifle
Descendants
- ? Cebuano: pusil
- ? Western Bukidnon Manobo: pusil
- ? Ilocano: pusil
Related terms
Further reading
- “fusil” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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