What does quenouille in French mean?
What is the meaning of the word quenouille in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use quenouille in French.
The word quenouille in French means cattail, whip, distaff, spin out of control, go down the toilet, go down the pan. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word quenouille
cattailnom féminin (plante des marais) (US) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Les quenouilles ont poussé dans le marais. Cattails grew in the marshland. |
whipnom féminin (forme d'arbre) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) La quenouille est un jeune arbre. A whip is a young tree. |
distaffnom féminin (bâtonnet de filage) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Les premières techniques de filages utilisaient des quenouilles. The earliest spinning techniques used distaffs. |
spin out of controllocution verbale (familier (mal se dérouler) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") La fête se passait à merveille jusqu'à ce que les potes tarés de mon frère débarquent et là, tout est parti en cacahouète. |
go down the toilet, go down the panlocution verbale (familier (mal se dérouler) (figurative, informal) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") |
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