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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rouleur

/ɹuˈlɝ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
roul-eur
IPA
/ɹuˈlɝ/
7
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cyclist who performs well on flat and undulating roads.

Etymology

Borrowed from French rouleur (“one who causes something to roll, roller; something which rolls; cyclist who performs well on flat and undulating roads, rouleur”), from rouler (“to roll”) + -eur (suffix forming masculine nouns from verbs). Rouler is derived from Old French ruele, roele (“small wheel”) (from Medieval Latin rotulō, from Latin rotula (“small wheel; a roll”), from rota (“wheel”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- (“to run”)) + -ula (feminine singular of -ulus (diminutive suffix))) + -er (suffix forming infinitives of first-conjugation verbs).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *Hreth₂-, rouleur, ruele, rotulō, rotula

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ɹuˈlɝ/
  • British English: /ɹuːˈlɜː/

Inflected Forms

rouleurs (plural)

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce rouleur?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɹuˈlɝ/.
What does rouleur mean?
A cyclist who performs well on flat and undulating roads.
Where does rouleur come from?
It is traced to French.

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