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cloche
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French cloche (“bell”), from Medieval Latin clocca (“bell”). Doublet of cloak and clock.
Pronunciation
Noun
cloche (plural cloches)
- A glass covering, originally bell-shaped, for garden plants to prevent frost damage and promote early growth.
- 2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 21:
- Old window screens were shade cloth; flattened cardboard and carpet offcuts were weed matting; plastic bottles, when sliced in half, became little cloches to fit over seedlings to keep them warm.
- A bell-shaped, close-fitting women’s hat with a deep rounded crown and narrow rim.
- Synonym: cloche hat
- A tableware cover, often resembling a bell.
- 2025 June 27, Colette Davidson, Mark Sappenfield, “For Iranian diaspora in Europe, the war back home is a dilemma”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
- Pistachio and date-filled cakes glisten under a glass cloche as customers drinking cardamom tea settle into brightly tapestried pouf chairs at the Pouya café and cultural center in Paris.
- (aviation, historical) An apparatus used in controlling certain aeroplanes, consisting principally of a steering column mounted with a universal joint at the base, which is bell-shaped and has attached to it the cables for controlling the wing-warping devices, elevator planes, etc.
Translations
glass covering
women's hat
See also
- (bell-shaped glass cover): bell jar
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Franco-Provençal
Noun
cloche (Old Fribourgeois)
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “clocca”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 790
French
Etymology
From Medieval Latin clocca, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos (see also Welsh cloch, Old Irish cloc), ultimately imitative. Related to Old English clucge, Low German Klock (“bell, clock”), German Glocke, Swedish klocka.
Pronunciation
Noun
cloche f (plural cloches)
- bell (metal apparatus used to produce sound)
- a glass covering, originally bell-shaped, for garden plants to prevent frost damage and promote early growth
- a bell-shaped, close-fitting women’s hat with a deep rounded crown and narrow rim
- cloche (tableware cover, often resembling a bell)
- (colloquial) a clumsy person, an oaf
Derived terms
Adjective
cloche (plural cloches)
Derived terms
Verb
cloche
- inflection of clocher:
Further reading
- “cloche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Italian
Etymology 1
Noun
cloche f (invariable)
- joystick
- gear lever (in a car)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French cloche (“bell”).
Noun
cloche f (invariable)
Middle English
Noun
cloche
- alternative form of cloke (“claw”)
Middle French
Etymology
Noun
cloche f (plural cloches)
- bell (metal apparatus used to produce sound)
Old French
Etymology
Medieval Latin clocca, probably from Celtic, compare Old Irish cloc, Welsh cloch, Manx clagg, all from Proto-Celtic *klokkos; ultimately imitative.
Noun
cloche oblique singular, f (oblique plural cloches, nominative singular cloche, nominative plural cloches)
- bell (metal apparatus used to produce sound)
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
cloche m (plural cloches)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “cloche”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
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