Polyglot Dictionary

bouclé

/bu.kle/

adjective A2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Adj Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. curly, wavy

    • Le petit garçon a les cheveux bouclés.

      The little boy has curly hair.

Similar words

Similar in other languages

English

frizzy

Close — frizzy relates to curly, wavy (bouclé).

English

wavy

wavy and French bouclé both directly describe hair with loose curves.

Practice

1 What does bouclé mean?

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