ventouse

English

Etymology

Possibly continuing Middle English ventouse, ventuse, ventose, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman ventuse; or perhaps a reborrowing directly from French ventouse, or both.

Noun

ventouse (plural ventouses)

  1. (obsolete) A cupping glass.
  2. (medicine) A suction cup-like device used on a baby's head to assist in difficult childbirths.

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Verb

ventouse (third-person singular simple present ventouses, present participle ventousing, simple past and past participle ventoused)

  1. (obsolete) To cup; to use a cupping glass.

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French ventouse, from Old French ventuse, ellipsis of Medieval Latin [cucurbita] ventōsa. Doublet of venteux and ventôse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɑ̃.tuz/

Noun

ventouse f (plural ventouses)

  1. plunger
  2. suction cup
  3. cupping glass
  4. ventouse
  5. (biology) sucker
  6. (slang) sucker (a person who sucks; a general term of disparagement)

Verb

ventouse

  1. inflection of ventouser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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