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rouleur

Syllables: roul·eur/ɹuːˈlɜː/US/ɹuˈlɝ/

rouleur noun: a cyclist who performs well on flat and undulating roads.

Noun

rouleur (plural rouleurs)

  1. (cycle racing) A cyclist who performs well on flat and undulating roads.

Forms of rouleur

pluralrouleurs

Origin of rouleur

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).

Words that rhyme with rouleur

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Questions about rouleur

What does rouleur mean?
Rouleur means a cyclist who performs well on flat and undulating roads.
What part of speech is rouleur?
Rouleur is a noun.
How do you pronounce rouleur?
Rouleur is pronounced /ɹuːˈlɜː/ (UK).
What is the plural of rouleur?
The plural of rouleur is rouleurs.

Words near rouleur in the dictionary

  1. roulette wheels
  2. rouletted
  3. roulettelike
  4. roulettes
  5. rouletting
  6. rouleur
  7. rouleurs
  8. Roulhac
  9. Roulhacs
  10. rouling
  11. roulroul

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