moulinette

English

Etymology

From French moulinette.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

moulinette (plural moulinettes)

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

French

Etymology

From moulin +‎ -ette.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mu.li.nɛt/
Audio (file)

Noun

moulinette f (plural moulinettes)

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

Derived terms

passer à la moulinette

Further reading

“moulinette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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