Masculine
écrou
Meaning
nut (that fits on a bolt), female screw
Concepts
Synonyms
mutter
schraubenmutter
walnut
Translations
tuerca
Mutter
porca
παξιμάδι
somun
schroefmoer
escrofa moerschroef
rosca
immatricolazione al carcereFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/e.kʁu/
Etymology
In summary
Masculinized form from Middle French escroue, from Old French escroe, from Latin scrōfa, originally “sow (female pig)”; compare Occitan escrofa (“screw nut”), Sicilian scrufina (“screw nut”). The change in meaning is also found in Spanish puerca, Portuguese porca, both “sow; screw nut”, and is based on the fact that a boar's penis has a screw-like tip, making the sow's vulva equivalent to a screw nut by analogy.
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