bigle
See also: biglé
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biɡl/
Etymology 1
From Middle French bigle, from Old French bigre (“cross-eyed”), of unknown origin.
Adjective
bigle (plural bigles)
- (archaic) cross-eyed
Etymology 2
From earlier bicler (“to look, see”), from Middle French biscler (“to squint”), probably a borrowing of Latin *bisoculare (“to squint”), from bis (“twice”) + *oculare (“to see”).
Verb
bigle
- inflection of bigler:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Etymology 3
From English beagle.
Noun
bigle m (plural bigles)
- beagle
Further reading
- “bigle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.