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caracole

Meaningsnail or spiral

Common meaning: half-turn performed by a horse and rider

Journey through time

  1. Spanishcaracol‘snail or spiral’source
  2. Frenchmeaning shiftssnail or spiral → a gambolcaracol‘a gambol’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa gambol → half-turn performed by a horse and ridercaracole‘half-turn performed by a horse and rider’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Spanish caracol ‘snail or spiral’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry CARACOLE, p. 93 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • caracol Spanish “snail or spiral”

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