bigle

See also: biglé

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biɡl/

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Etymology 1

From Middle French bigle, from Old French bigre (“cross-eyed”), of unknown origin.

Adjective

bigle (plural bigles)

1. (archaic) cross-eyed

Etymology 2

From earlier bicler (“to look, see”), from Middle French biscler (“to squint”), probably a borrowing of Latin *bisoculare (“to squint”), from bis (“twice”) + *oculare (“to see”).

Verb

bigle

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

Etymology 3

From English beagle.

Noun

bigle m (plural bigles)

1. beagle

Further reading

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