Masculine
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bouclier

  1. (masculine) shield (broad piece of defensive armor, held in hand, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body)
  2. (broadly, masculine) shield (anything which protects or defends)

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bu.kli.je/
Etymology

Ellipsis of Old French escut boucler (“shield with a buckle”), with change of suffix. Morphologically, from boucle + -ier.

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