verrou
French
Etymology
Backformation from Middle French verroux, from the nominative-singular/accusative-plural of Old French veroil, from Vulgar Latin *verruculum, from Latin vericulum, diminutive of verū.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɛ.ʁu/, /ve.ʁu/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -u
Noun
verrou m (plural verrous)
- (on a door) bolt
- (on a gun) lock
- (computer science) lock, mutex
Derived terms
- verrouiller
Further reading
- “verrou”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- ouvrer, rouvre